Arteries usually contain oxygen rich blood However there is one artery in the body that does not carry oxygen rich blood what is it?

the carotid

NO, its the PULMONARY. Search "artery" "oxygen low" in google for a complete explanation of why.

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2nd answer's correct. The reason is that any blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is called an artery. The pulmonary artery is the one that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart (hence, artery) to the lungs (pulmonary) for the blood to become oxygenated.

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