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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.
How is the pulmonary artery unique?
Its the only artery that carries oxygenated blood.
The tube that carries the vlood from the heart to the lung?
The pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lung. This artery is the only one that carries deoxygenated blood.
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.
Is oxygenated blood found in all arteries?
No, but almost. The pulmonary artery is the ONLY artery that carries deoxygenated blood.
A pulmonary artery carries blood from where to where?
All arteries carry blood from the heart to another organ in the body. The pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs.
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.
Small artery is called?
An artery, only an arteriole can be smaller
What is the only artery carrying blood rich in oxygen?
Pulmonary artery is the only artery that carries non-oxygenated blood. Conversely, the pulmonary vein is the only vein that carries oxygenated blood.
What are the major blood vessles that carry blood away from the heart called?
Arteries. There's only two- the aorta and the pulmonary artery, which carries veinous blood.
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.
The blood vessels that move blood away from the heart are called what?
the blood vessels that move away from heart are called arteries.heart receives impure blood from veins and it pumps pure and oxygenated blood to arteries which carry it away from heart to various parts of body by dividing into various branches.ex for such are SYSTEMIC ARTERY which carries pure blood away from heart while PULMONARY ARTERY carries impure blood from heart to lungs.this is the only artery which carries impure blood.
