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All arteries carry blood to the arterioles, which in turn carry blood to the capillaries, where oxygen exchange in the tissues takes place.
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What carries oxygenated blood to the body called?
Arteries are what carry oxygenated blood to the muscles and tissues.
Air and carries the blood from the heate to the small blood vessals is called a?
An artery carries blood away from the heart. The blood moves into the capillaries, which allow diffusion between the bloodstream and the tissues.
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.
What is an artery's purpose?
An artery carries oxygenated blood. A vein carries DEoxygenated blood.
What are the names of the blood vessels which carry blood away from heart?
The aorta and pulmonary artery transport blood away from the heart. The pulmonary artery carries de-oxygenated blood to the lungs; the aorta carries oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. Arteries.
What is the main artery that carries blood to your lungs?
The pulmonary artery is the main artery that carries blood to your lungs.
What carries blood away from your heart to other parts of your body?
THE ANSWER IS ARTERY. Artery carries
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.
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.
Where does the right subclavian artery carry blood?
The right subclavian artery carries blood to the right arm. It also carries blood to the head and the thorax.
Is the blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lungs artery or vein?
It is the pulmonary artery
