Carries oxygenated blood from lungs to heart.

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Carries oxygenated blood from lungs to heart.

When blood is oxygenated in the lungs, it needs a return path to the heart. The vessels that do this are the pulmonary veins. They carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and deliver it to the left atrium, from where it moves to the left ventricle and then out to the rest of the body. This is different from the aorta, which takes oxygenated blood from the heart to the body, the vena cava, which brings oxygen-poor blood from the body back to the heart, and the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.

When blood is oxygenated in the lungs, it needs a return path to the heart. The vessels that do this are the pulmonary veins. They carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and deliver it to the left atrium, from where it moves to the left ventricle and then out to the rest of the body. This is different from the aorta, which takes oxygenated blood from the heart to the body, the vena cava, which brings oxygen-poor blood from the body back to the heart, and the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.

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