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They love this question on test! This is the only spot in the adult that the terms artery and vein are reversed. So in this case the pulmonary vein have the highest oxygen content. The pulmonary vein return blood from the lung, where it just got oxygenated.

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What are the blood vessels that carry oxygen filled blood away from the heart are called?

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The arteries carry the blood that is high in oxygen content, while the veins carry the blood that is low in oxygen content.


Vessels of the heart that carry blood high in oxygen?

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Which vessels have blood with oxygen?

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the coronary arteries Which blood vessels contain blood that is higher in oxygen? -Pulmonary Veins


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What are 2 examples of when the rule that arteries carry oxygenated blood and veins carry de-oxygenated blood do not apply?

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