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Give reason:
Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood.
Answer in Brief
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Solution
- Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood as these came from lungs (other organ of the body) to the heart. In lungs, there is oxygenation of blood.
- The primary function of the arteries is to bring blood away from the heart like the pulmonary artery bringing blood from the heart to the lungs.
- The primary function of the veins is to bring blood back to heart like the pulmonic vein from the lungs back to the heart.
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