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The blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood away from the heart?

Major arteries like the aorta transfer oxygenated blood from the heart to the body tissues.Coronary arteries are those branches from the major aorta that feed the heart with oxygenated blood.Arteries are the vessels which carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, except for the pulmonary artery, which is the only artery (besides umbilical arteries inside of a fetus) that carries deoxygenated blood. The pulmonary artery carries blood away from the heart into the lungs.The thing that carries oxygen in your blood is the protein hemoglobin.Arteries always carry blood away from the heart. Veins always carry blood back to the heart. Not all arteries carry high O2 blood. Not all veins carry low O2 blood. They are named for where they go not what they carry.


Why your heart is the most important thing in your body?

The heart pumps blood that has nutrients and oxygen to every cell in your body and carries wastes and carbon dioxide away.


What does a heart do in a shark?

It does the same thing it does for humans. Pumps blood through out the body.


What thing in the blood carries oxygen?

Haemoglobin.


Is heart a living thing?

No, the heart is an organ made of muscle tissue and does not meet the criteria to be considered a living thing on its own. It is part of a living organism's circulatory system and plays a crucial role in pumping blood throughout the body to keep the organism alive.


What carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart?

Major arteries like the aorta transfer oxygenated blood from the heart to the body tissues.Coronary arteries are those branches from the major aorta that feed the heart with oxygenated blood.Arteries are the vessels which carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, except for the pulmonary artery, which is the only artery (besides umbilical arteries inside of a fetus) that carries deoxygenated blood. The pulmonary artery carries blood away from the heart into the lungs.The thing that carries oxygen in your blood is the protein hemoglobin.Arteries always carry blood away from the heart. Veins always carry blood back to the heart. Not all arteries carry high O2 blood. Not all veins carry low O2 blood. They are named for where they go not what they carry.


Which thing carries oxygen around your bodies?

The hero here is hemoglobin! Hemoglobin is on Red Blood Cells (RBCs). RBCs are one component of blood. Everytime your heart beats, it pushes oxygenated blood to all parts of your body.


How is pulse related to heart beat?

Because they're the same. Every time the heart beats it pushes an amount of blood around the body, and that push is what you can feel in the wrists, by the throat or where you prefer to monitor the pulse.


Why the blood vessel that carrying oxygenated blood from lungs is a vein while the the other vessels carrying oxygenated blood are arteries?

It differs in pulmonary arteries and veins because they do the opposite thing to normal arteries and veins. Arteries usually carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body but pulmonary means lungs and the pulmonary artery carries de-oxygenated blood away from the heart but to the lungs and not round the body. Veins usually carry de-oxygenated blood back to the heart but the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood to the heart which then pumps it into the aorta which takes it to the body. bla bla bla


What is it called the thing that takes the blood from the heart?

The aorta


Are HR and pulse the same thing?

No, HR (heart rate) and pulse are not the same thing. Heart rate refers to the number of times the heart beats per minute, while pulse refers to the rhythmic throbbing of arteries as blood is pumped through the body.


What is the thing the blood vessels that carry blood back to the upper right side of the heart?

Blood