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What is the large artery that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body?
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The superior and inferior vena cava deliver blood from the body into the heart, the aorta brings blood from the heart into the rest of the body.
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The coronary artery what does it do?
It carries oxygenated blood to the heart.
Which blood carry coronary artery?
The coronary artery carries oxygenated blood to the heart.
What is the Major artery that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart is the?
pulmonary artery
What carries blood away from the heart and to the blood?
The Aorta. arteries
How do you describe the pulmonary artery?
All the arteries carry oxygenated blood towards the heart, but pulmonary artery is the only artery in the body which carries de-oxygenated blood. It carries deoxygentaed blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.
An artery is a blood vessel that only does what?
Arteries Cary oxygenated blood. This is usually to organs or muscles with the exception of the pulmonary artery wich carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
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.
Why are the veins of the heart are different from the pattern seen in the rest of the body?
The Pulmonary artery carries undeoxygenated blood to the lungs to be oxygenated then the pulmonary artery carries the new oxygenated blood back to the heart!
Does the heart carries oxygenerated blood from the heart?
The aorta is the vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart. In contrast, the pulmonary artery is the vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart.
What blood vessel is oxygenated and carries the blood away from the heart?
artery... remember away and artery both begin with an A
Are arteries oxygenated?
No. As arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart, they regularly tend to have oxygenated blood. But in pulmonary circulation, the pulmonary artery carries de oxygenated blood from the heart to both the left and right lungs. Pulmonary artery is an artery that carries de oxygenated blood.
If a artery is rich in oxygen it is coming from where and going to where?
Arteries always take blood away from the heart. So, arteries that are rich in oxygen always take blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Be careful though. The pulmonary artery is considered an artery because it carries blood away from the heart, but it does not carry oxygenated blood. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs to become oxygenated. Similarly, most veins carry deoxygenated blood, returning it to the heart, but the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
