Pulmonary vein pours ______ blood into the left atrium.

Oxygenated

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Deoxygenated

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Both A or B

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Solution

The correct option is A Oxygenated
The pulmonary veins are blood vessels that receive oxygenated blood from the lungs and drain into the left atrium of the heart. There are 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. So, the correct answer is option C.

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