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The pulmonary veins are the only veins in the body that carry OXYGENATED blood (from the lungs to the left atrium), and the pulmonary arteries are the only arteries in the body that carry DEOXYGENATED blood (from the right ventricle to the lungs).
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe pulmonary artery carries unoxygenated blood and the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood; whereas, the other arteries in the body carry OXYGENATED blood and the veins carry UNOXYGENATED blood.
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∙ 14y agoThe blood in the pulmonary arteries is heading towards the lungs to be oxygenated. The blood in the pulmonary veins is freshly oxygenated, and is heading to the heart to be pumped to the various parts of the body.
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∙ 15y agopulmonary arteries carries deoxygenated blood while pulmonary veins carries oxygenated blood
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∙ 15y agoIt's the only vein that caries oxygenated blood as it travels from the lungs to the heart.
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∙ 14y agoIt is special because pulmonary veins are the only veins that carry blood that has a lot of oxygen from the lungs to the heart.
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∙ 13y agoThe artery carries used blood to the lung. The vein carries the blood back to the heart to be pumped int the body and used.
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Why pulmonary is an artery rather than vein?
in our body there are both, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein
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.
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What are two structural differences between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
one is vein one is artery
What does a pulmonary artery carry that a pulmonary vein doesn't?
The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood. The pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood.
Is P02 of pulmonary veins higher than the pulmonary artery P02?
PO2 is higher in the pulmonary vein than it is in the pulmonary artery. It is the only place in the body where the oxygen level is higher in the vein than in the artery.
What connect the heart to the lungs?
the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein
How is the pulmonary artery located compared to the pulmonary vein?
Superiorly
What the differences between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
The pulmonary artery takes blood from the right ventricle into the lungs; the pulmonary vein collects blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.
What connects the lungs to the circulatory system?
The pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein.
What blood vessels carry blood to and from the lungs?
The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart, and the pulmonary artery carries de-oxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
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.
