Why pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood though they are arteries?
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The function of the pulmonary veins is to transport that oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. ... They are still called arteries because they transport blood away from the heart, regardless of whether or not the blood is deoxygenated or oxygenated.
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✤ The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle into the alveolar capillaries of the lungs to unload carbon dioxide and take up oxygen.
- These are the only arteries that carry deoxygenated blood and are considered as arteries because they carry blood away from the heart.
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