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What carries oxygenated blood to the body called?

Arteries are what carry oxygenated blood to the muscles and tissues.


What artery carries oxygenated blood?

The aorta (largest artery in the body) carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body. From the aorta, the oxygenated blood will eventually travel through smaller and smaller arteries in your body, until eventually entering the capillaries to be delivered to the desired area.


How do you describe the pulmonary artery?

All the arteries carry oxygenated blood towards the heart, but pulmonary artery is the only artery in the body which carries de-oxygenated blood. It carries deoxygentaed blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.


Who carries exygenated blood through out the body?

Vessels carry oxygenated blood throughout the body. The pulmonary veins deliver oxygenated blood to the lungs. The largest artery in the body is the aorta and it carries oxygenated blood back into systemic circulation.


Why are the veins of the heart are different from the pattern seen in the rest of the body?

The Pulmonary artery carries undeoxygenated blood to the lungs to be oxygenated then the pulmonary artery carries the new oxygenated blood back to the heart!


What Carries oxygenated blood to the body from the hear?

Aortic Artery is the main artery that leaves your heart with the blood supply for your body.


What are the function of pulmonary artery?

To bring blood to the lungs for oxygenation. It's the only artery in the body where the blood is not oxygenated. The reverse is true about the Pulmonary vein.


Where is the place of 3 kinds of blood vessel?

The 3 kinds of blood vessels are: artery- its the blood vessel that carries the blood from heart to different parts of the body capillaries- its the smallest blood vessel it carries the de oxygenated blood from artery to veins veins- it carries the de oxygenated blood from the different parts of the body to the heart


What is the blood vessels that carry blood to and from the lungs?

The Pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs and the pulmonary vein carries blood from the lungs to the heart. Also this means the Pulmonary Artery is the only artery in the body which carries deoxygenated blood, and the Pulmonary Vein is the only vein in the body which carries oxygenated blood.


What artery is the only artery in the human body to carry deoxygenated blood?

The only artery in the human body that carries deoxygenated blood is the pulmonary artery. It transports blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs, where the blood is oxygenated. This is in contrast to other arteries, which typically carry oxygenated blood away from the heart. The pulmonary veins then return the oxygenated blood to the heart.


What is the largest artery in the body and what does it do?

The aorta is the largest artery of the body and carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to every single area of the human body.


What do the arteries do to your body?

it carries oxygenated blood from the heart to all parts of the body. only the pulmonary artery contains deoxygenated blood