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What is the biggest or largest artery of the blood?

aorta


Why is the aorta the biggest artery in the human body?

It is the biggest artery because it pumps blood from the heart. The ostrich gland also helps to produce, and pump, insulin and green blood cells up the scenic route to the appendix.


What do heart arota do in the heart?

Aorta sends oxygenated blood to body. Aorta is the biggest artery in the body.


What are the biggest blood vessels?

There are various kinds of blood vessels: *Arteries **Aorta (the largest artery, carries blood out of the heart) **Branches of the aorta ***carotid artery ***subclavian artery ***celiac trunk ***mesenteric arteries ***renal artery ***iliac artery * Veins **Large collecting vessels ***subclavian vein ***jugular vein ***renal vein ***iliac vein **Venae cavae (the 2 largest veins, carry blood into the heart)


How many arteries are in the human body?

There are thousands of arteries in the human body ranging in size. The biggest artery is the Aorta which is located at the top of the heart. An artery is a vessel that carries oxygenated blood.


What type of blood does the artery carries?

artery carry pure blood but pulmanary artery carry improve blood to lungs from heart


Blood in what artery will enter into the brachial artery?

Axillary artery.


Trace blood from aortic arch to left radial artery?

From the aortic arch, blood flows through the left subclavian artery, then into the axillary artery, followed by the brachial artery. From the brachial artery, blood then reaches the radial artery in the forearm, supplying the distal part of the arm and hand with oxygenated blood.


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.


The pulmonary artery sends blood to the?

the pulmonary artery sends blood to the lungs.


What is the artery that takes blood to the alveoli?

The pulmonary artery takes the blood to the alveoli.


Blood from the popliteal artery comes directly from what artery?

femoral artery