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The pulmonary veins are the only veins in the body that carry oxygenated blood.

Like all veins the blood in the pulmonary veins travel toward the heart.

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Which characteristics describe he blood carried by the pulmonary arteries?

deoxygenated blo od


Is blood from the lungs oxygenated?

Blood carried by the pulmonary arteries is deoxygenated. Blood carried by the pulmonary veins is oxygenated.


What is carried in the pulmonary artery?

Oxygen-poor blood


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Low oxygen/de-oxygenated blood is carried by:all the veins (except the pulmonary vein)the pulmonary artery.


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Pulmonary viens conduct blood away from the lungs.This blood is carried to the right atrium of the heart.


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The left atrium receives the blood carried from the pulmonary veins.


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Oxygenated blood is carried by the pulmonary vein. This vein transports blood from the lungs to the heart.


What type of blood is in the pulmonary arteries?

Deoxygenated. The blood is carried by the pulmonary arteries from the heart to the lungs to replenish the oxygen.


Blood that flows through the pulmonary veins will be carried to the?

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What vessel carries blood from the lungs to the heart?

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