NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Generally an artery carries oxygenated or pure blood in the body and veins carry deoxygenated or impure blood. But pulmonary artery is the only artery which carries impure or deoxygenated blood and pulmonary vein carries impure blood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your pulmonary arteries carry blood from your heart to your lungs. They’re the only arteries in your body that carry oxygen-poor (deoxygenated) blood. Your main pulmonary artery (pulmonary trunk) leaves your right ventricle at your pulmonary valve.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your pulmonary veins vary in diameter as they travel from your lungs to your heart. In general, veins gets wider as it approaches your heart. Your left inferior pulmonary vein is the exception to this rule. It starts out wider as it leaves your left lung and gets narrower as it reaches your heart.

Detailed explanation-4: -The pulmonary veins transport oxygenated blood back to the heart from the lungs, while the pulmonary arteries move deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.)