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The major artery that carries oxygen-rich blood is the aorta, which delivers blood from the heart to the rest of the body. The major vein that carries oxygen-poor blood is the superior vena cava, which returns blood from the upper body to the heart.

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The blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood away from the heart?

Major arteries like the aorta transfer oxygenated blood from the heart to the body tissues.Coronary arteries are those branches from the major aorta that feed the heart with oxygenated blood.Arteries are the vessels which carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, except for the pulmonary artery, which is the only artery (besides umbilical arteries inside of a fetus) that carries deoxygenated blood. The pulmonary artery carries blood away from the heart into the lungs.The thing that carries oxygen in your blood is the protein hemoglobin.Arteries always carry blood away from the heart. Veins always carry blood back to the heart. Not all arteries carry high O2 blood. Not all veins carry low O2 blood. They are named for where they go not what they carry.


What major differences are there between a vein and a artery?

Oxygen rich blood travels through the Arteries and Oxygen poor blood travels through the Veins.EXCEPT: Oxygen poor Blood traveling from the heart to the lungs goes through the Pulmonary Arteries and Oxygen rich blood going back to the heart from the lungs travels through the Pulmonary Veins.


What carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart?

Major arteries like the aorta transfer oxygenated blood from the heart to the body tissues.Coronary arteries are those branches from the major aorta that feed the heart with oxygenated blood.Arteries are the vessels which carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, except for the pulmonary artery, which is the only artery (besides umbilical arteries inside of a fetus) that carries deoxygenated blood. The pulmonary artery carries blood away from the heart into the lungs.The thing that carries oxygen in your blood is the protein hemoglobin.Arteries always carry blood away from the heart. Veins always carry blood back to the heart. Not all arteries carry high O2 blood. Not all veins carry low O2 blood. They are named for where they go not what they carry.


Differentiate a vein from an artery?

Arteries always carry blood to an organ/area, conversely veins always carry blood away. Interestingly Arteries can be thought to carry blood rich in oxygen, whereas veins carry oxygen depleted blood. When I was younger I remembered this as (Artery = Air), it's crude but it worked. There are 2 major vessels however that are the exception to this rule. The Pulmonary Artery, which carries oxygen depleted blood from the heart to the lungs. and the Pulmonary Vein which carries oxygen rich blood back to the heart. Happy Pumping


Do arteries carry blood towards or away from the heart?

Away from it. Veins carry it back. Away from the heart. Arteries are the transportation systems of oxygen-rich blood to all of your body's cells. Veins, easily seen from their oxygen-starved blue color, carry oxygen-deprived blood cells to the heart, which pumps to the lungs to start the process over again with oxygen-rich blood cells.


What are the arteries and its functions?

In the body arteries are tubes that carry the blood from the heart out to the rest of the body, where nutrients are picked up by the cells. After all the nutrients are gone from the blood, veins are the tubes that carry the blood back to the lungs, where it gets more oxygen, and then on to the heart, where it gets pumped out again through the arteries. In geography, arteries are main highways that carry traffic to and from major population points, or main streets that carry people from one end of the city to the other.


What carry blood away from the heart'?

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.


What vessel carries oxygen and blood to the myocardium?

vessels that carry oxygenated blood are called arteries the largest is the aorta witch is connected to your heart carotid witch is in your neck brachial witch is in your upper arm femoral artery witch runs down the groin and thigh radial artery witch is in your wrist there is one more down in your foot that i cant remember the name of but those are all the major ones


What are human arteries?

Arteries are the major blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Except for the pulmonary arteries which go from the atrium to the lungs, arteries carry oxygenated blood. The veins bring blood back into the heart. Except for the pulmonary veins that connect the lungs to the ventricles of the heart, veins carry deoxygenated blood.


What do human arteries do?

Arteries are the major blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Except for the pulmonary arteries which go from the atrium to the lungs, arteries carry oxygenated blood. The veins bring blood back into the heart. Except for the pulmonary veins that connect the lungs to the ventricles of the heart, veins carry deoxygenated blood.


Name the major blood vessels that carry blood from the lungs to the heart?

arteries are the major blood vessels that can transport blood from lungs to heart


What is the major difference between arteries and veins?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins return blood to the heart.