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Which One of the four major blood vessels in the neck transporting blood from the head to the heart?

jugular vein


What vein carry blood away from the heart?

the blood that carries blood from your heart is your arteries


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 are two major blood vessels that contain oxygen-rich blood?

The pulmonary vein and the aorta: a) The pulmonary carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. b) The aorta carries the oxygenated blood from the heart to the body and head.


What is the main tube that takes blood to the heart?

Tubes that carry blood to the heart are veins. The two major veins that carry blood to the heart are the vena cava and the pulmonary vein.


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.


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.


What does the vein?

The vein carries the blood back to the heart


What is the name of the vein that carries blood from the lungs to the heart?

Artery - always carries blood FROM the heart Vein - always carries blood TO the heart The vein which brings blood to the heart from the lungs is the PULMONARY VEIN ('pulmonary' = lungs). The one carrying blood away from the heart to the lungs is the pulmonary artery. Easy.


What vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?

Pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood to the heart from the lungs


Which is the only vein in the body to carry oxygenated blood?

The PULMONARY vein. Pulmonary = lungs. Vein = ALWAYS carries blood TO the heart.


Which vein returns blood back to the heart?

Pulmonary vein