With one exception, veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. The largest and last blood vessel they pass through is called the superior vena cava.
The exception is the Pulmonary Vein, which carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart to be pumped to the rest of the body.
The inferior and superior vena cavas bring blood from the body to the right side of the heart. The pulmonary veins bring blopd from the lungs to the left side of the heart.
The aorta is the major blood vessel which transports blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
The Aorta pumps blood from the heart to the body.
With one exception, veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. The largest and last blood vessel they pass through is called the superior vena cava. The exception is the Pulmonary Vein, which carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart to be pumped to the rest of the body.
The Aorta. It is an artery (arteries move blood away from the heart), and is the largest vessel in the human body.
The pulmonary vein carries blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. The coronary arteries supply blood to the heart muscles. The Inferior and Superior Vena Cava bring the used blood from the body to the heart.
Yes, arteries carry blood away from the heart to the body.
With the exception of the vessels going to and from the lungs, veins carry blood to the heart from the body.
Yes, arteries carry blood away from the heart to the body.
The aorta pumps blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Arteries carry blood from the heart to the organs of the body.
Veins carry deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart.