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The pulmonary artery carries de-oxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs where is become oxygenated and returns to the heart via the pulmonary vein

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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.


A gas that is transported in arteries from the lungs to the body by the heart?

The pulmonary artery takes carbon dioxide (CO2) from the heart to the lungs. Oxygen is then carried back to the heart by the pulmonary vein. Finally, the aorta/arteries carry oxygen to the body.


What is the artery leading into the lungs called?

The blood vessels that take oxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs are the pulmonary artery. It is part of the pulmonary circulation.


To what part of the body is blood being pumped as it passes through the pulmonary artery?

It is being transported to the lungs to be oxygenated, after which it travels to the left side of the heart via the pulmonary veins.


Why pulmonary is an artery rather than vein?

in our body there are both, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein


Is the pulmonary artery not a branch of the aorta?

The pulmonary artery is not part of the aorta.


Which vessels carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart?

Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle.


Which artery sends the blood to the lungs?

The Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.


What is the artery and vein that takes blood to and from the lungs?

The pulmonary trunk carries blood from the right ventricle of the heart, then splits into the left and right pulmonary arteries. Answer: pulmonary trunk/left and right pulmonary arteries


The pulmonary artery sends blood to the?

the pulmonary artery sends blood to the lungs.


Where does the artery leaving the right ventricle carry blood?

The artery leaving the right ventricle, also called the pulmonary artery, takes blood to the lungs to exchange gas.


What pulmonary artery transport?

pulmonary artery supplies de oxygenated blood to lungs.