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Can a blood vessel be defined as an artery or a vein by the type of blood it carries?
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∙ 14y ago
An Artery caries Oxygen Rich blood and a Vein carries Oxygen Poor blood, but not by definition because the Pulmonary Arteries carry Oxygen Poor blood and the Pulmonary Veins carry Oxygen Rich blood, (these vessles can be found between the heart and the lungs).
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Why is umbilical artery called an artery when it carries oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?
An artery is the vessel that carries blood away from the heart. The pulmonary artery carries only deoxygenated blood after birth.
What is the blood vessel that carries away blood from the heart?
artery
Is the blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lungs artery or vein?
It is the pulmonary artery
Why isn't an artery defined as a blood vessel?
....It is.
What vessel carries blood to the legs?
femoral artery
What vessel carries blood away the heart?
The artery.
Which blood vessel carries blood from the the heart to the lungs?
pulmonary artery.
Does the heart carries oxygenerated blood from the heart?
The aorta is the vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart. In contrast, the pulmonary artery is the vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart.
What is the vessel that carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs?
pulmonary artery
What is a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart?
a vein. artery is away.
What is the blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart?
a vein. artery is away.
What is A blood vessel that carries oxygen and blood away from the heart?
artery... remember away and artery both begin with an A
