______________ transports oxygenated blood from the heart to different body parts.

Coronary artery

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Pulmonary vein

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Aorta

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Solution

The correct option is C
Aorta

The arteries carry oxygen and nutrients away from the heart to the body's tissues. The veins take oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. Arteries begin with the aorta, the large artery leaving the heart. They carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to all of the body's tissues.

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