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Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood.

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The oxygenated blood from the lungs is brought back to left atrium by pulmonary veins. Any blood vessel that comes to the heart is called vein and therefore, through it is carrying oxygenated blood it is called pulmonary vein.
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  • Pulmonary vein carries

    A
    Deoxygenated blood,
    B
    Oxygenated blood
    C
    Mixed blood,
    D
    None of these
  • Pulmonary vein carries

    A
    deoxygenated blood
    B
    oxygenated blood
    C
    mixed blood
    D
    none of these
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    A
    pulmonary vein
    B
    hepatic vein
    C
    hepatic portal vein
    D
    renal vein
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