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GCSE Combined Science · key term
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
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Specification 4.2.2.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Heart and blood vesselsThe pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein show why arteries and veins are named by their direction of flow, not their oxygen content: arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood towards it.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Blood and the Circulatory SystemArteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry it towards the heart, and capillaries allow exchange with tissues. Their structures reflect the pressure of the blood they carry and the job they perform.
Define arteries and veins by the direction of blood flow, not by whether the blood is oxygenated.
Define arteries and veins by the direction of blood flow, not oxygen content. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood; the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood.
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