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.
The 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.
the 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.
The pulmonary artery delivers deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. The renal artery delivers oxygenated, but "dirty", blood to the kidneys.
arteries have oxygenated blood and veins have oxygenated blood
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.
Unlike systemic arteries and veins, pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood and pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood.
one is vein one is artery
in our body there are both, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein
They are both connected to the heart.
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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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.
Pulmonary artery 1. No oxygen 2. A lot of carbon dioxide Pulmonary vein 1. Lots of oxygen 2. No carbon dioxide
The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood. The pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood.
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.
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.
the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein
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