HISTOLOGY
BLOOD VESSELS
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Aorta
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Vena Cava
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Pulmonary Artery
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Renal Artery
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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. These two are exceptions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: The pulmonary arteries are the only arteries that contain oxygen-poor blood because it carries blood into the lungs to be oxygenated. By definition, arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood to the heart.