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Yes, a vein holds oxygen enriched blood. An artery holds deoxygenated blood.
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Which one vein do not carry blood with little oxygen to the heart?
The pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart.
What does peripheral vein carry to the extremities oxygen rich or oxygen poor blood?
Oxygen poor blood
What blood vessel carries oxygen in blood?
pulmonary vein
Where does the pulmonary vein distribute blood to?
The pulmonary vein carries blood from the lungs to the right atrium. This blood is oxygen-rich.
What veil does oxygen blood come in and out?
Oxygenated blood is carried by the pulmonary vein. This vein transports blood from the lungs to the heart.
Can vein carry oxygen rich blood?
The only vein that normally carries oxygen rich blood is the pulmonary vein which carries freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart for distribution to the body. Ordinary veins can have oxygen poor blood but don't carry oxygen rich blood.
What does a pulmonary artery carry that a pulmonary vein doesn't?
The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood. The pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood.
What vein carry more oxygen to heart?
Pulmonary vein carries more oxygen because it is an exceptional which carries oxygenated blood
Vein of the fetal pig that carries oxygenated blood?
There are two veins that carry oxygen they are the Pulmonary vein and the Umbilical vein:-)
Why is the pulmonary vein the onley oxygen-rich vein in your body?
Veins and arteries are not classified by whether they carry oxygen-rich or oxygen-poor blood. They are classified according to whether they carry blood to the heart or away from the heart. Veins carry blood to the heart and arteries carry blood away from the heart. So the pulmonary vein carries blood to the heart, which is why it is a vein. Also, the pulmonary artery, which carries oxygen-poor blood to the lungs is an artery because it carries blood away from the heart.
Can a blood vessel be defined as an artery or a vein by the type of blood it carries?
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).
What is the blood vessel that return oxygen to heart?
Pulmonary vein
