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What is the difference between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
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∙ 15y ago
The pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs. The pulmonary vein carries blood to the heart from the lungs. Unlike all other veins and arteries in the body the pulmonary artery has de-oxygenated blood and the pulmonary vein has oxygenated blood.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe renal artery brings blood to the kidney for filtration, the renal vein carries away filtered blood from the kidney.
Veins carry deoxygenated blood whereas arteries carry oxygenated blood.
Arteries appear much thicker and firmer than veins, veins have a blueish tinge even in cadavers whereas arteries are a deep red in the living and white in cadavers.
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∙ 13y agothe difference between your pulmonary and aorta arteries is that your aorta carries oxygen rich blood from your heart, whilst your pulmonary artery carries blood from your heart to your lungs.
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∙ 12y agoThe pulmonary artery delivers deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. The renal artery delivers oxygenated, but "dirty", blood to the kidneys.
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∙ 6y agoarteries have oxygenated blood and veins have oxygenated blood
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∙ 12y agoThe pulmonary artery takes blood from the right ventricle into the lungs; the pulmonary vein collects blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.
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∙ 11y agoUnlike systemic arteries and veins, pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood and pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood.
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What are two structural differences between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
one is vein one is artery
Why pulmonary is an artery rather than vein?
in our body there are both, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein
What is the similarity between pulmonary vein and pulmonary artery?
They are both connected to the heart.
What the differences between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
The pulmonary artery takes blood from the right ventricle into the lungs; the pulmonary vein collects blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.
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What is the name of the vein that carries blood from the lungs to the heart?
Artery - always carries blood FROM the heart Vein - always carries blood TO the heart The vein which brings blood to the heart from the lungs is the PULMONARY VEIN ('pulmonary' = lungs). The one carrying blood away from the heart to the lungs is the pulmonary artery. Easy.
What are the three differences between the composition of blood in pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
Pulmonary artery 1. No oxygen 2. A lot of carbon dioxide Pulmonary vein 1. Lots of oxygen 2. No carbon dioxide
What does a pulmonary artery carry that a pulmonary vein doesn't?
The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood. The pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood.
What happens when pulmonary vein and artery connect?
This is called a shunt. One that occur between the Pulmonary artery and the Pulmonary vein, would be a left to right shunt. So what would happen? The blood from the Pulmonary vein (having the high pressure) would enter the Pulmonary artery. The results would be that the blood just goes back to the lung for another cycle with be deoxygenated.
Is P02 of pulmonary veins higher than the pulmonary artery P02?
PO2 is higher in the pulmonary vein than it is in the pulmonary artery. It is the only place in the body where the oxygen level is higher in the vein than in the artery.
What connect the heart to the lungs?
the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein
How is the pulmonary artery located compared to the pulmonary vein?
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