Here's a question from a nurse for nursing students and anyone who thinks they can correctly answer it: Every artery in the body carries oxygenated blood except for the two pulmonary arteries. Veins carry deoxygenated blood, so why isn't this blood carried by the pulmonary veins?
2007-03-08 07:47:45 · 2 answers · asked by TweetyBird 7 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I believe you mean the artery leading from the right ventricle to the pulmonary system(deoxygenated). Where the blood then 'picks up' oxygen and returns it to the left atrium of the heart. This is via the pulmonary vein. Anyone who's studies anatomy should know that arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins bring blood to the heart. Even a respiratory therapist like me.
2007-03-14 07:28:54 · answer #1 · answered by wezy53154 5 · 10⤊ 5⤋
The pulmonary arteries are carrying blood away from the lungs, so the lungs have taken the oxygen out of the blood, so that's why there is no oxygen in them. Just a guess...
2007-03-08 15:51:03 · answer #2 · answered by true blue 6 · 2⤊ 10⤋