MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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Blood leaving the Pulmonary arteries and travelling to the lungs is:
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Oxygenated
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Deoxygenated
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A crucial difference is that your pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor (deoxygenated) blood, while your aorta carries oxygen-rich (oxygenated) blood. In fact, your pulmonary arteries are the only arteries in your body that carry oxygen-poor blood.
Detailed explanation-2: -Your pulmonary veins are the only veins in your body that carry oxygen-rich blood. All your other veins carry oxygen-poor blood. Similarly, your pulmonary arteries are the only arteries that carry oxygen-poor blood. All the rest of your arteries carry oxygen-rich blood.
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