Why do arteries carry oxygen poor blood?

Answer 1

The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs, where the hemoglobin molecules in the red blood cells pick up oxygen molecules. The blood is being carried away from the heart, which classifies these vessels as arteries even though the blood does not contain oxygen.

Answer 2

Arteries carry blood away from the heart that is high in oxygen. Veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

(There's one notable exception to this general rule: the pulmonary artery which carries blood from the heart to the lungs carries deoxygenated blood, and the pulmonary vein which returns blood from the lungs to the heart carries oxygenated blood.)

Answer 3

Actually, arteries carry oxygen-rich blood to the body, whereas veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. The only exception to this rule is the Pulmonary Artery, which carries oxygen-poor blood to the lungs. It is called an artery because it carries blood from the heart instead of towards it.

Answer 4

The pulmonary arteries and the umbilical arteries (in a fetus)

Answer 5

The pulmonary artery carries blood low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide. The other arteries carry blood high in oxygen and low in carbon dioxide.

Answer 6

the pulmonary artery. the pulmonary artery transports deoxygenated blood away from the heart and to the lungs to be reoxgenated.

Answer 7

Pulmonary

Answer 8

aorta