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pulmonary veins
Veins that carry the oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart.
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Lab 16 Rat Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
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The pulmonary veins
The systemic veins
The veins of the heart
The veins of the head and neck ...
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With the exception of the pulmonary veins, blood in veins is oxygen-poor. The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from lungs back to the heart. Venules are smaller veins that gather blood from capillary beds into veins.
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The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood back to the heart to go to the systemic arterial system. The right and left pulmonary arteries arise from the pulmonary trunk and carry deoxygenated blood to their respective lungs.
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The capillary beds of the lungs are drained by venules that are the tributaries of the pulmonary veins.
Four pulmonary veins, two draining each lung, carry oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart ...
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