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GCSE Physical Education · key term
Blood carrying a lower concentration of oxygen, such as blood returning from body tissues after oxygen has been delivered.
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Paper 1
Revise: Blood vesselsMost arteries carry oxygenated blood: blood rich in oxygen that can be delivered to body tissues. However, the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs. It is still an artery because it carries blood away from the heart.
Blood with a relatively low oxygen content, such as blood returning from the body to the heart.
Remember the pulmonary exceptions: the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood and the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood.
The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood; the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood. Do not assume that every artery carries oxygenated blood.
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