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Which is the only vein in the body to carry oxygenated blood?
The PULMONARY vein. Pulmonary = lungs. Vein = ALWAYS carries blood TO the heart.
What is the only vein does not carry oxygenated blood?
"Pulmonary veins" donot carry carbon dioxide as they bring oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What does a pulmonary artery carry that a pulmonary vein doesn't?
The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood. The pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood.
What vessel carries oxygenated blood in the pulmonary vein?
The pulmonary vein is the vessel that carries oxygenated blood. Veins, arteries and capillaries are all known as blood vessels as they carry blood around the body.The pulmonary vein is unusual because it is the only vein to carry oxygenated blood, all other veins only carry deoxygenated blood.
What vein carry blood away from the heart?
the blood that carries blood from your heart is your arteries
What is the only vein that does not carry deoxygenated blood?
The pulmonary vein is the only vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, while all other veins in the body carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
What vessels carry blood from the pulmonary capillaries to the left atrium?
pulmonary vein
What is different about pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins?
The pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein originates in the heart. What is different about them is that the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood (blood without oxygen) as supposed to other arteries, which carry oxygenated blood. And the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood unlike other veins, which carry deoxygenated blood.
Does the pulmonary vein carry blood away from the heart?
Yes that is correct. The Pulmonary Vein, though carries blood from the lungs to the heart.
Which vein does not contain oxygenated blood and why?
Most veins do not carry oxygenated blood. The exception is the pulmonary vein, which brings oxygenated blood from the pulmonary circuit to the heart.
What blood vessel carries blood to the lungs?
The pulmonary arteries carry blood to the lungs to be oxygenated.
What is a pulmonary vein and what type of blood does it carry?
A pulmonary vein is a vein that carries blood from the lungs to the left atrium heart. It is unique among veins in that it carries oxygenated blood. There is a right and left pulmonary vein that join just prior to entering the heart.
