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aorta; it pumps blood to all parts of the body except the lungs (breaks into smaller arteries that go to each segment of the body)

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What is the large artery that carries blood out from the left ventricle?

The Aorta


What is an aorta artery?

The aorta is the large artery that carries blood from the left side of the heart. From there, blood is transported through the systemic circulation.


Large blood vessel that carries oxygen rich blood to the body?

Aorta is the main and largest artery. It carries blood out of the heart from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.


What is the general name of a large vessel that takes the blood away from the heart?

Aorta (the largest artery, carries blood out of the heart)


What is a large blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the left side of the heart to the body?

The aorta. It is also the body's largest artery.


What the large blood vessels that carry blood to the heart?

To the Heart:Vena CavaSuperior vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from the upper bodyInferior vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body Pulmonary Vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungsFrom the Heart:Pulmonary Artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungsAorta carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body


Are large muscular blood vessels that transport blood from the heart to the capillaries?

To the Heart:Vena CavaSuperior vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from the upper bodyInferior vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body Pulmonary Vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungsFrom the Heart:Pulmonary Artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungsAorta carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body


What is the large artery that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body?

The superior and inferior vena cava deliver blood from the body into the heart, the aorta brings blood from the heart into the rest of the body.


What are the biggest blood vessels?

There are various kinds of blood vessels: *Arteries **Aorta (the largest artery, carries blood out of the heart) **Branches of the aorta ***carotid artery ***subclavian artery ***celiac trunk ***mesenteric arteries ***renal artery ***iliac artery * Veins **Large collecting vessels ***subclavian vein ***jugular vein ***renal vein ***iliac vein **Venae cavae (the 2 largest veins, carry blood into the heart)


What vein takes the blood to the liver from the intestines?

The superior Mesenteric artery supplied to Small intestine; upper half of the large intestine. And the inferiorMesenteric supplied to Lower half of the large intestine. The circulatory system Chapter 12, Structure and Function of the body. Yenny 2011


What vessels carry blood to the arm?

The main vessels that carry blood to the arm are the brachial artery and the subclavian artery. The brachial artery runs along the upper arm, while the subclavian artery is located near the shoulder and branches into smaller arteries that supply blood to the arm.


Why is the aorta the largest artery in the human body?

It needs to distribute blood to the systemic circuit. For this reason it needs to be very large in order to distribute huge amounts of blood at once.