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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.

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