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The pulmonary arteries. They are called arteries because they leave the heart but they are UNLIKE the other arteries because they have a lack of oxygen.

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What transports blood high in oxygen?

The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs through the PULMONARY VEIN.


Left pulmonary vein function?

transports de oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs to be oxygenated. On a side note, the pulmory arteries bring back the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart later to be pumped out of the left ventricle into the Aorta


How does the fresh oxygen transports to your blood?

thru your nose in to your lungs and finaly to you blood


What organ transports blood to lungs and body tissues?

heart


Do veins return deoxygenated blood to the heart?

In general, yes. However, the exception is the pulmonary vein which transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the hearts. In reverse, the pulmonary artery transports de-oxygenated blood to the lungs.


What is the vein that transports oxygenated blood to right atrium of the heart?

The vein that transports oxygenated blood to the right atrium of the heart is the pulmonary vein. It carries freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart for circulation to the rest of the body.


What blood vessels carry blood from the heart to the lungs?

The blood vessels that carry the blood from the heart to the lungs are the pulmonary arteries. Blood returns from the body and is pumped by the right ventricle to the lungs, through the pulmonary arteries. The blood returns to the left side of the heart through the pulmonary veins.


What is the purpose for the pulmonary veins?

transports de oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs to be oxygenated. On a side note, the pulmory arteries bring back the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart later to be pumped out of the left ventricle into the AortaRead more: What_does_a_pulmonary_veins_do


Which substance transports oxygen in the blood?

red blood cells


What organism transports oxygen?

The lungs take oxygen into the body and the blood transports oxygen throughout the body.


What circulation transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs to get oxygen?

Blood travels to the lungs because it is not oxygenated and it will become oxygenated in the lungs, since that is what the lungs are for. The pulmonary artery takes blood to the lungs, and the pulmonary vein takes blood from the lungs back to the heart, from whence it is pumped throughout the body.


What part of the body transports air to lungs?

It is commonly called the Windpipe; the medical name is trachea.