Question

Why it is called an artery if it does not carry oxygenated blood?

Answer 1

No, the pulmonary veins carry oxygen rich blood and the pulmonary arteries carry oxygen poor blood. Question: Starting at the right atrium, describe the path that blood takes through the heart and body, ending again in the right atrium. First, it travels from the heart to the lungs and then back to the heart.

Answer 2

Artery carries oxygenated blood, but there is one artery named pulmonary artery which carries deoxgenated blood from the heart to the lungs for purification. Since it's for purification, it is called artery.