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What circuit carries blood to the body except the lungs for oxygenation and back to the heart?
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There are two circuits:
Pulmonary-carries blood to the lungs and back to the heart
Systemic-carries blood from the body and back to the heart
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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 is the function of the systemic aorta?
This artery carries oxygenated blood to different except lungs from left ventricle and it is the important artery of blood.
Is the main purpose of the heart to oxygenate blood true or false?
False in general as it is only indirectly that blood pumped by the heart is oxygenated. The heart is primarily a pump. Blood pumped to the lungs picks up oxygen (becomes oxygenated) and disposes of carbon dioxide. Oxygen diffusing from the alveoli of the lungs is the true site of oxygenation. Thus the heart's pumping only gives blood the route to the lungs, the site of oxygenation. The heart has no oxygenation powers of its own.
How does the blood pumped from the heart to the rest of the body and back again?
The heart sends deoxygenated blood to the lungs, via the pulmonary arteries - thus this system is called the pulmonary circuit De-oxygenated blood flows from right ventricle of heart to lungs through two pulmonary arteries for oxygenation. After oxygenation the blood now travels through the pulmonary veins to left auricle of heart. Two pulmonary veins from each lung reach the heart making a total of four pulmonary veins. This circulation of blood to and from lungs is called pulmonary circulation. The pulmonary vein is thus the only vein which carries oxygenated blood and pulmonary artery in the same way the only artery to carry deoxygenated blood.
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.
Carries blood to all parts of the body except the lungs?
right atrium That is wrong It is the Left Ventricle
Where does the pulmonary circuit carries blood?
The pulmonary cicuit carries blood to the lungs.
The largest vein in the body?
The largest vein in the human body is the inferior vena cava. The inferior vena cava is the vein that carries oxygenation blood to the heart for oxygenation.
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.
What are the Function of pulmonary?
To bring blood to the lungs for oxygenation. It's the only artery in the body where the blood is not oxygenated. The reverse is true about the Pulmonary vein.
What are the function of pulmonary artery?
To bring blood to the lungs for oxygenation. It's the only artery in the body where the blood is not oxygenated. The reverse is true about the Pulmonary vein.
Which vessels have blood with oxygen?
Arteries carries oxygenated blood expect pulmonary artery whereas veins carries deoxygenated blood except pulmonary vein
Where does oxygenation of fetal blood occur?
Oxygenation occurs in the placenta. After this blood then returns to the fetus via the umbilical vein.
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 does the pulmonary artery contain?
deoxygenated blood / impure blood taken from d right ventricle of d heart.... it takes the impure blood 2 d lungs for purification/oxygenation... its the only artery tat carries deoxygenated blood.....
In animals do arteries carry oxygenated blood?
Yes, except for the pulmonary artery which carries unoxgenated blood to the lungs and the pulmonary vein which carries it back to the heart.
What carries oxygenated blood to all parts of the body except lungs?
the aorta
