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Why are pulmonary arteries important to bringing oxygen to your body?
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∙ 14y ago
because you need oxygen throughout your body
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Blood vessel carrying oxygen rich blood?
Arteries (except the pulmonary artery) and one vein the pulmonary vein.
What is distinct about the pulmonary arteries?
They are low in oxygen which is not usually found in arteries.
Within the pulmonary circulation the?
pulmonary arteries carry oxygen-poor blood
Highest oxygen concentration is found in the blood of the?
pulmonary arteries
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.
Do arteries carry oxygen-rich blood to capillaries?
Systemic Arteries carry oxygen rich blood (also called oxygenated blood). Pulmonary Arteries carry oxygen poor (deoxygenated) blood
Where does an artery carry oxygen poor blood?
The pulmonary artery carries oxygen poor blood and the pulmonary vein carries oxygen rich blood.
Do arteries carry oxygenated blood to the heart?
Oxygen All arteries, except the pulmonary and umbilical arteries, carry oxygen. None of them carry carbon dioxide.
What are unusual arteries?
The arteries of the pulmonary circulation are unusual. They carry oxygen-poor blood, unlike the systemic arteries.
What transports blood to left lungs?
The pulmonary arteries. They are called arteries because they leave the heart but they are UNLIKE the other arteries because they have a lack of oxygen.
What parts of the circulatory system have oxygen-rich blood?
Most arteries (except the pulmonary arteries), arterioles, the left side of the heart, and the pulmonary veins.
Name the blood vessels that carry oxygen poor blood away from the heart?
Arteries always carry blood from the heart. In this case, the artery is the aorta.
