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What vein carry blood away from the heart?

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the blood that carries blood from your heart is your arteries

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The pulmonary vein.

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Which vessels carry blood away from the heart or vein or arteries?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart


Does a vein carry blood into the heart?

Yes. Veins carry blood to the heart, and arteries carry blood away from the heart.


Does the pulmonary vein carry blood away from the heart?

Yes that is correct. The Pulmonary Vein, though carries blood from the lungs to the heart.


Why is the pulmonary vein the onley oxygen-rich vein in your body?

Veins and arteries are not classified by whether they carry oxygen-rich or oxygen-poor blood. They are classified according to whether they carry blood to the heart or away from the heart. Veins carry blood to the heart and arteries carry blood away from the heart. So the pulmonary vein carries blood to the heart, which is why it is a vein. Also, the pulmonary artery, which carries oxygen-poor blood to the lungs is an artery because it carries blood away from the heart.


What is the vein that carries blood into the heart called?

The veins carry blood to the heart while arteries carry blood away from the heart


Carry blood toward the heart?

Veins carry blood to the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart.


What direction do veins carry blood?

Veins carry blood towards the heart. Arteries carry it away from the heart.


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

Arteries carry blood away from the heart to supply the other parts of the body.


What carry blood away from the heart'?

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.


What blood vessels carry blood to the heart and away from the heart?

Arteries always carry blood away from the heart. (Arteries=Away) and veins always carry blood back to the heart. It doesn't matter if the oxygen level is high or low. The words artery and vein are anatomical terms.


How arteries and vein differ?

Arteries send blood away from the heart while veins send blood to the heart.


What veins carry deoxygenated blood?

All veins carry de-oxygenated blood away from the heart except for the pulmonary vein and the umbilical vein, both of which carry blood towards the heart.