MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The right ventricle (RV) pumps oxygen-poor blood through the pulmonary valve (PV) into the main pulmonary artery (MPA). From there, the blood flows through the right and left pulmonary arteries into the lungs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pulmonary veins are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from your lungs to your heart. Your pulmonary veins are part of your body’s pulmonary circuit. This is a system of blood vessels that moves blood between your heart and your lungs. This circuit also includes your pulmonary arteries.

Detailed explanation-3: -The pulmonary veins are the veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. This is unlike other arteries which carry oxygenated blood. Similarly, oxygenated blood is carried by the pulmonary vein unlike other veins.