MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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oxygenated blood to the lungs
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blood rich in carbon dioxide to the lungs
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oxygenated blood to the heart
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oxygenated blood directly to the aorta
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your pulmonary arteries carry oxygen-poor blood from your heart to your lungs. This is a vital function. Your blood needs to reach your lungs to gain oxygen and get rid of waste products like carbon dioxide. This blood then returns to your heart, and your heart pumps it out to the rest of your body.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pulmonary artey carries blood which is rich in carbon dioxide from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pulmonary artery are called arteries because they transport blood away from the heart, regardless of whether or not the blood is deoxygenated or oxygenated.