The 4 pulmonary veins carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. They are the only veins in the post-fetal human body that carry oxygenated (red) blood. The pulmonary veins return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
The PULMONARY vein. Pulmonary = lungs. Vein = ALWAYS carries blood TO the heart.
~pulmonary vein isolation
in our body there are both, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein
Pulmonary vein
This is called a shunt. One that occur between the Pulmonary artery and the Pulmonary vein, would be a left to right shunt. So what would happen? The blood from the Pulmonary vein (having the high pressure) would enter the Pulmonary artery. The results would be that the blood just goes back to the lung for another cycle with be deoxygenated.
Artery - always carries blood FROM the heart Vein - always carries blood TO the heart The vein which brings blood to the heart from the lungs is the PULMONARY VEIN ('pulmonary' = lungs). The one carrying blood away from the heart to the lungs is the pulmonary artery. Easy.
The pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein.
The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood. The pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood.
one is vein one is artery
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The pulmonary vein transports oxygenated blood back to the right atrium from the lungs.
Both the pulmonary vein and pulmonary artery are blood vessels located in the pulmonary circulation system of the body. The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, while the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.