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After the coronary arteries travel around the heart, they go to the lungs for oxygenation.

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What is an artery that supplies blood to the heart?

The coronary arteries supply blood to the myocardium (heart muscle).


What arteries nourish the heart?

The coronary arteries are the blood vessels that nourish the heart. Even though blood goes through the heart, that blood is not the way that the muscle itself picks up nutrients and disposes of wastes.


Do arteries carry blood to the heart?

The coronary arteries are responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood to the heart. However, most oxygen-rich blood is being carried away from the heart, meaning that most arteries are not carrying blood into the heart at all. Veins are responsible for carrying de-oxygenated blood towards the heart so that their oxygen supply can be replenished in the lungs.The two veins which actually enter the heart are the superior vena cava or the precava which carries blood from the upper half of the body into the heart and the inferior vena cava(IVC), also known as the posterior vena cava, which carries blood from the lower half of the body into the heart.


Coronary arteries supply blood to the?

The coronary artery supplies oxygen rich blood to the heart muscles. There are two main coronary arteries: the right coronary artery and the left coronary artery, However the coronary artery other parts that branch off and supply oxygen to the lower portion of the heart


Does blood flow from the coronary arteries into the heart?

Arteries are blood vesicle that take blood away from he heart. However, the coronary arteries are arteries that take blood to the muscles of the heart and as such these specific arteries do enter the heart.