What is the route followed by the oxygenated blood from the heart and deoxygenated blood back to it?

Artery

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Capillaries

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Arterioles

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Veins

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Venules

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Solution

The arteries carry the blood away from the ventricles of the heart. The arterioles receive blood from the arteries and carry blood to the capillaries. The capillaries are the site of exchange of gases and nutrients between blood and the body cells. The venules receive blood form the capillaries. The veins carry the blood to the atria of the heart.

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Q. Systemic circulation involves pumping of oxygenated blood to the whole body and collecting the deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

Q. Statement 1: Oxygenated blood is carried back to the heart from the rest of the body through the pulmonary vein.

Statement 2: Deoxygenated blood is transferred to the lungs from the heart by the pulmonary artery.

In the lesson it is mentioned that the Veins carry the deoxygenated blood to the heart.

Deoxygenated blood collected by the vein pick up oxygen in the lungs and the carbon dioxide is removed from it when we exhale( breathe out ). Further, the oxygenated blood is carried back to the heart where it is pumped again to all parts of the body through arteries.

So, the oxygenated blood only is carried back to the heart from the lungs instead of the deoxygenated blood as it is mentioned in the lesson.

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Q. Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks.

Blood flows twice in the heart. In pulmonary circulation, the deoxygenated blood is carried to the ________ from the __________ of the heart, through the ________. The oxygenated blood from the lungs is carried back to the ________ of the heart through the __________. This oxygenated blood from the heart is carried to all systems of the body and the deoxygenated blood from the systems below and above the heart is supplied to the ________ of the heart through the _________.

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