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Blood leaves the pulmonary artery and travels into the lungs. In the lungs the blood releases carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen.

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Where does blood go after it leaves he pulmonary veins?

The Pulmonary arteries


Where is the blood go after a leaves the pulmonary artery?

Remember arteries away from the heart. This goes into the lungs to pick up oxygen.


Where does blood go to from the right side of the heart?

Blood leaves the right side of the heart and goes to out the pulmonary trunk (a very large artery) to the pulmonary arteries (left and right) to the capillaries in the lungs and picks up oxygen.


What are human arteries?

Arteries are the major blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Except for the pulmonary arteries which go from the atrium to the lungs, arteries carry oxygenated blood. The veins bring blood back into the heart. Except for the pulmonary veins that connect the lungs to the ventricles of the heart, veins carry deoxygenated blood.


What do human arteries do?

Arteries are the major blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Except for the pulmonary arteries which go from the atrium to the lungs, arteries carry oxygenated blood. The veins bring blood back into the heart. Except for the pulmonary veins that connect the lungs to the ventricles of the heart, veins carry deoxygenated blood.


What vessel carry blood to the heart and which carry it away?

Veins go to the heart and arteries go away. (General Yes)**Except for the pulmonary Arteries/Veins. When you consider oxygen and de-oxygenated blood.The pulmonary veins are large blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.


Why do one of your pulmonary veins take blood to your right ventricle?

One of your pulmonary veins does not take blood to your right ventricle.your pulmonary arteries on the other hand take blood from the right ventricle. They take the blood to the lungs to be oxygenated. There are four pulmonary arteries, two go to your left lung and two go to your right lung.All of your pulmonary veins takes blood to your left Atrium which then moves it into your left ventricle.


Where would blood go when it leaves through pulmonary?

to the lungs


Where does a red blood cell go after the systemic arteries?

The systemic arteriole, then the capillaries, the venule, the vein, the vena cava, the heart, the pulmonary artery, the pulmonary arterioles, capillaries, the pulmonary veins, the heart, into the aorta, and back into the artery.


Where does blood go when the right ventricle contracts?

It follows the pulmonary arteries and end up in the lungs.


Structural differences between arteries and veins?

Pulmonary Arteries lead from the heart to the lungs. Systemic arteries go everywhere else. Consequently, the pulmonary arteries are usually slightly smaller and thinner. There is also less of them.


Do pulminary arteries carry oxygentaed or deoxygenated blood from the heart?

Pulmonary arteries transport dehydrogenated blood from the heart to the lungs. Arteries always go away from the heart. Arteries have thicker wall to handle to pressure of the heart during the contractions. Pulmonary veins transport oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, which then pumps to the rest of the body.