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What is the role of the aorta in the circulatory system?
What is the role of the aorta in the circulatory system?
- Supplies oxygenated blood to the heart muscle
- Carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
- Carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body (correct)
- Returns deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart
Which vessel returns deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart?
Which vessel returns deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart?
- Vena cava (correct)
- Coronary arteries
- Pulmonary artery
- Pulmonary vein
What is the main function of the pulmonary artery in the circulatory system?
What is the main function of the pulmonary artery in the circulatory system?
- Returns deoxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
- Carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body
- Supplies oxygenated blood to the heart muscle
- Carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs (correct)
Which vessel returns oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
Which vessel returns oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
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The Circulatory System
- The aorta is the main artery that distributes oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
- The superior and inferior vena cavae are the two vessels that return deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart.
- The main function of the pulmonary artery is to transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.
- The pulmonary veins are the vessels that return oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
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