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Give the biological term for 'Blood vessels carrying blood to the left atrium'.

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Pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart and from heart the oxygenated blood is supplied to the whole body. It is the only vein in the human body carrying oxygenated blood. There are in total four pulmonary veins, two from each lung. In this way, they play an important role in respiration because they receive oxygenated blood from alveolar of lungs and brings back to the heart.

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