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Why is it in correct to say that all arteries carry oxygenated blood and all veins carry dioxygenated blood?
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∙ 11y ago
That's mostly always true. The actual definition of an artery is that it carries blood away from the heart. A vein is blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart. In general, when blood is traveling away from the heart it is oxygenated because it's supplying the rest of the body with blood. And vice versa is true, blood coming towards the heart is usually deoxygenated because the body has already taken the essential substances out.
This rule is not true in the heart. The inferior vena cava (veins) brings blood to the right atrium of the heart and then the right ventricle. At this point the blood is not oxygenated. The ventricle pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery (still deoxygenated, but its going away from the heart) into the pulmonary circulation (the lungs). It picks up the oxygen there and now the blood leaving the lungs is oxygenated. The pulmonary vein brings oxygenated blood FROM the lungs TO the heart (toward the heart). Pulmonary vein empties into the left atrium and then into the left ventricle which then pumps the blood into the aorta (an artery) away from the heart and into the systemic circulation.
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What is the correct sequence of the veins and arteries?
the arteries carry oxygen rich blood to all parts of the body. the veins return the blood to the heart to get oxygenated
Is the blood in arteries oxyenated or deoxygenated?
The blood in arteries is usually oxygenated because arteries carry blood away from the heart.
What make the pulmonary arteries unique among arteries?
they are the only arteries that carry de-oxygenated blood.
What makes the pulmonary artery different from all the other arteries?
The pulmonary artery runs from the heart to the lungs. It is the only artery that doesn't carry oxygenated blood. That makes it a darker red than the blood in other arteries, so it looks blue under your skin.
What are the fetal arteries?
right and left umbilical arteries carry oxygenated blood. left umbilical vein carries oxygenated blood to the fetus. both these vessels are present in the umbilical cord.
What is oxegenated?
Oxygenated means something has oxygen in it. For example, the heart pumps oxygenated and dioxygenated blood around the body.
What type of blood are the arteries responsible transporting?
Oxygenated blood is carried by all arteries but one which is the pulmonary artery
How is blood transported to all parts of the body at the correct pressure?
the blood is transported to all part of the body arteries when it is oxygenated in the lung (oxygenated/oxyhemoglobin blood).
Which veins carry oxygenated blood?
They don't, arteries carry oxygenated blood
The bloodin arteries is?
The blood in the arteries is oxygenated.
Is the blood in arteries oxyenated or deoxygenated?
The blood in arteries is usually oxygenated because arteries carry blood away from the heart.
What is the correct sequence of the veins and arteries?
the arteries carry oxygen rich blood to all parts of the body. the veins return the blood to the heart to get oxygenated
Do arteries carry oxygen?
oxygenated blood the arteries have
What do arteries deliver?
oxygenated blood
Difference of pulmonary arteries to ordinary arteries?
All arteries carry oxygenated blood except pulmonary artery. Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs where it becomes oxygenated.
Oxygenated blood is found in all arteries of the body. Is this true or false?
This is a false statement. While most of the arteries in the body carry oxygenated blood, the Pulmonary Arteries carry de-oxygenated blood from the Right Ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
What carry's oxygenated blood?
Arteries carry oxygenated blood to the rest of the body from the aorta of the heart.
