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What is the difference between an umbilical vein and umbilical artery?
veins carry blood back to the heart, while arteries carry blood away/from the heart. therefore, the arteries carried the oxygen from the heart to the baby via umbilical artery, and the veins picked up waste products such as carbon dioxide and carried it back to the heart via the umbilical vein.
Only artery in the body that carries deoxygenated blood?
The only artery that is supposed to carry deoxygenated blood is the pulmonary artery. It carried deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs for oxygenation. Any artery can carry deoxygenated blood, so be careful how you word questions.
What artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart?
Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart. Arteries probably CAN carry deoxygenated blood if a person draws blood from a vein, then injects it into an artery. That would be very stupid though.
What chemical does the umbilical cord carry?
oxygen
Which blood vessel contains blood with the highest oxygen level?
Umbilical Vein, all other vessels have varying degrees of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.
What does artery blood carry?
oxygen
What if one vein is missing in the umbilical cord?
There are usually two veins and one artery in the cord. The veins carry oxygenated blood and the artery is low in oxygen. If the only artery is missing, the pregnancy will end very early. If one vein is missing, most infants are delivered and are fine.
What is the largest artery that carries oxygen-rich blood?
Well there are more then a hundred arteries in the Human body and as you know all of them carry oxygenated blood, (with the exception of the Pulmonary artery.) So you will have to specify you question a bit more
What runs on either side of the urinary bladder in the fetal pig?
the umbilical artery the umbilical artery
What vessel carries deoxygenated blood?
Veins typically carry de-oxygenated blood towards the heart. The exception is the pulmonary artery and the umbilical artery.
Which structure contains blood vessels that carry nutrients and oxygen from the mother to the embryo?
The umbilical cord contains blood vessels which carry substances to and from the placenta and thence from the mother.
What is the only artery carrying blood rich in oxygen?
Pulmonary artery is the only artery that carries non-oxygenated blood. Conversely, the pulmonary vein is the only vein that carries oxygenated blood.
