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Like a little tree branch on the outside of the heart. It's just a small artery that leaves the heart from the inside and goes to the outside so it can distribute fresh blood to the heart muscle itself.
The heart muscle is very busy with all the pumping it does constantly and needs this supply of blood. If blood supply is interrupted for even a very short time, the consequences are grave.
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What does a pulmonary artery look like?
the pulmonary artery looks like a tube, I think...
Do arteries flow to the heart or away from the heart?
Arteries flow away from the heart. That's a technical answer. Some blood tubes that look like arteries flow into the heat to nourish it. Of interest is the pulmonary artery, the only artery to carry un-oxygenated blood. It carries blood to the lungs where it is oxygenated.
What blood that carries away from the heart?
These are known as arteries. Veins carry blood to the heart. The artery known as the aorta carries blood from the heart to the body (and splits progressively into the various other arteries like the carotid artery in the neck and the femoral artery in the legs), whereas the pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs .
What is the artery that serves the heart?
Coronary artery
How can blocking an artery in the heart cause heart damge?
An artery is a pathway for the blood to travel to and from the heart. If the artery is block, the heart cannot release or receive blood, and therefore, causes heart problems.
Why is it important that large artery is connected to the heart?
why is it importantthat large artery is connected to the heart
What is the artery conneting the lungs and heart?
Pulmonary artery.
What is a cardiac artery?
It is an artery sending blood from the heart.
Major artery that supplies the heart to the lungs?
The artery that sends blood from the heart to the lungs is called the pulmonary artery. The pulmonary vein delivers blood back to the heart.
What artery comes from the heart?
This artery is called the Aorta. It is the largest artery in the body.
The cells of the heart are supplied with blood via the?
The cells of the heart are supplied with blood through the hearts own artery. The artery that supplies the heart blood is known as the coronary artery.
What is a diagonal artery?
There is a diagonal artery that is a branch of the left coronary artery on the surface of the heart. It is a diagonal artery simply because it runs diagonally across the anterior (front) of the heart.
