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The pulmonary artery carries oxygen poor blood and the pulmonary vein carries oxygen rich blood.
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∙ 11y agoThe three blood vessels carrying oxygen poor blood are Pulmonary arteries, pulmonary trunk and vanae cavae
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∙ 11y agoVeins carry the oxygen poor blood back to the heart for a new infusion of oxygen.
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Does the pulmonary artery in adults carry oxygen rich blood or oxygen poor blood?
poor
What type of blood does the pulmanary artery carry?
The pulmanary artery carries oxygen poor blood.
What is the blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood away from the heart?
Pulmonary artery
What artery or veins carry oxygen-poor blood to the lungs?
Pulmonary alveolus!
Does a frog's pulmonary artery carry oxygen-rich blood?
I'm pretty sure that the frogs pulmonary artery carries oxygen poor blood to the lungs.
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.
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).
Does the circumflex artery carry oxygen rich or poor blood?
All arteries carry blood that is rich in oxygen except those arteries that carry blood to the lungs called the pulmonary arteries.
Which artory doesn't carry oxygenated blood?
The pulmonary artery doesn't carry oxygenated blood. It carries oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
What part of the body do the arteries carry the blood?
Arteries carry blood to all parts of the body.
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.
Ateries carry oxgen rich or poor blood?
Arteries carry oxygenated(oxygen rich blood) and veins carry deoxygenated blood. But pulmonary artery carry deoxygenated blood and pulmonary vein carry oxygenated blood.
