MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your pulmonary veins are the only veins in your body that carry oxygen-rich blood. All your other veins carry oxygen-poor blood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: A common misconception is that veins always carry deoxygenated blood. Veins always return blood to the heart, but the pulmonary veins are bringing oxygenated blood back to the heart so that it may be pumped to the body’s tissues.

Detailed explanation-3: -The pulmonary veins bring oxygen-rich blood to the left atrium. The aorta carries oxygen-rich blood to the body from the left ventricle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Arteries: These strong, muscular blood vessels carry oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your body.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hint: Pulmonary veins are responsible for carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs when blood is purified in the lungs towards the heart whereas on other hand pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart towards the lungs for their oxygenation or purification.