Arteries carries oxygenated blood but pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood and veins carry deoxygenated blood but pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood is it true

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Most veins usually carry deoxygenated blood from tissues back to the heart but exceptions are the pulmonary and umbilical veins, both of which carry oxygenated blood to the heart. Oxygenated blood from the lungs is circulated back to the heart through the pulmonary veins that drain into the left atrium.

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The artery which carries deoxygenated blood is ………………….. and the vein which carries oxygenated blood is …………………………

The blood vessel which carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart is :
(a) main artery
(b) pulmonary artery
(c) main vein
(d) pulmonary vein

Are arteries and veins living cells?

We know that arteries carry only oxygenated blood and veins carry only deoxygenated blood then how will the veins get oxygen?

Q. Which of the following statements are incorrect about the veins?
Statement1: Veins usually carry oxygenated blood.
Statement2: Veins carry blood from different organs of the body to the heart.
Statement3: Pulmonary vein is the only exception as it carries deoxygenated blood.

All veins carry deoxygenated blood except pulmonary vein.

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