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Arteries and veins carry freshly-oxygenated blood away from the lungs.
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What carries blood away from the heart and to the blood?
The Aorta. arteries
Where does the pulmonary vein move blood to and from?
The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood away from the lungs, to the left atrium of the heart.
An artery is a blood vessel that only does what?
Arteries Cary oxygenated blood. This is usually to organs or muscles with the exception of the pulmonary artery wich carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What are the names of the blood vessels which carry blood away from heart?
The aorta and pulmonary artery transport blood away from the heart. The pulmonary artery carries de-oxygenated blood to the lungs; the aorta carries oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. Arteries.
Which does not carry oxygenated blood?
All arteries (the red blood vessels) carry oxygenated blood. it's the viens (the blue blood vessels) that don't carry oxygenated blood. However the Pulmonary artery carries Deoxygenated blood to the lungs to be reoxygenated, as it carries blood away from the heart it is called a Artery.
What arteries carry blood away from?
The Aorta carries the oxygenated blood away from the heart to all part of the body including the heart itself apart from the lungs.
What is the vein that carries pure blood?
The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
Are arteries oxygenated?
No. As arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart, they regularly tend to have oxygenated blood. But in pulmonary circulation, the pulmonary artery carries de oxygenated blood from the heart to both the left and right lungs. Pulmonary artery is an artery that carries de oxygenated blood.
If a artery is rich in oxygen it is coming from where and going to where?
Arteries always take blood away from the heart. So, arteries that are rich in oxygen always take blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Be careful though. The pulmonary artery is considered an artery because it carries blood away from the heart, but it does not carry oxygenated blood. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs to become oxygenated. Similarly, most veins carry deoxygenated blood, returning it to the heart, but the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What carries 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 carries oxygenated blood away from the heart?
Veins!
What gas is transported in the pulmonary artery?
The pulmonary artery carries de-oxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs where is become oxygenated and returns to the heart via the pulmonary vein
