Of the following statements about arteries and veins regarding their direction of blood flow and state of oxygenation, which are: ALWAYS TRUE, GENERAL RULES THAT HAVE EXCEPTIONS, NEVER TRUE?
A) arteries lead away from the heart to a capillary bed
B) arteries have oxygenated blood
C) veins return blood straight to the heart from a capillary bed without going through another capillary bed
D) veins carry deoxygenated blood
Please help...
A) arteries lead away from the heart to a capillary bed
B) arteries have oxygenated blood
C) veins return blood straight to the heart from a capillary bed without going through another capillary bed
D) veins carry deoxygenated blood
Please help...
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A) is always true.
B) is generally true (it is false in the case of pulmonary arteries, which lead deoxygenated blood to the lungs).
C) is generally true (there is a vein (which I forgot the name) that brings blood from the digestive system to the liver).
D) is also generally true (it is false in the case of pulmonary arteries, which lead oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart).
B) is generally true (it is false in the case of pulmonary arteries, which lead deoxygenated blood to the lungs).
C) is generally true (there is a vein (which I forgot the name) that brings blood from the digestive system to the liver).
D) is also generally true (it is false in the case of pulmonary arteries, which lead oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart).