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Consider the following statements about blood vessels:
1. Arteries always carry oxygenated blood.
2. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. Arteries always carry oxygenated blood.
2. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. Both 1 and 2
- D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (B) 2 only
Arteries carry blood away from the heart, which is usually oxygenated, but the pulmonary artery takes deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. So statement 1 is false because of this exception. Likewise, the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood to the heart.
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