All arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body's tissues and organs, and all veins return oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart.
The statement is false.
The cardiovascular system is composed of two circulatory paths: pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation.
In pulmonary circulation, the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart into the lungs, and the pulmonary vein delivers oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart to be pumped into systemic circulation.
It is in the systemic circulation only that arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart, into the body, and veins return deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
So again the answer is "false" because the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart and the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood to the heart.
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jmstelly
No, no wrong analogy, no wrong answer. Read the above statements, especially the post from the retired respiratory therapist with 42 years experience. He knows the answer to the question asked is "false." So unless you know something we don't, YOUR analogy is wrong and YOUR answer was wrong.
Perry Peterson
Do no medical people take these quizzes?
Cynthia Darlene Arnold
I'm not in the medical field, but had a good bit of first aid training during my Navy career.. Guess more of it stayed with me than I thought.
✨KRISTA✨
stevemanning, Why do you think it is wrong!?!🤔
✨KRISTA✨
Susan Lake-Harris, Why is it a "trick" question, when the is only one correct answer? Even players who know basic anatomy and physiology will get get this question correct.
The question could not be more clear and concise!💕
JRW
I was about to answer true, but then remembered the pulmonary artery. So along with ALL in the question meant that false was true!
james parrillo
supergrimmwolf, There is only one artery, the pulmonary artery, that carries blood without oxygen from the heart to the lungs and one vein, the pulmonary vein, that returns blood to the heart that contains oxygenated blood from the lungs. All the other arteries allow oxygen to travel to the body, from the heart, and all the other veins return the deoxygenated blood to the heart. Thank you, Christine, James' wife
Susan Lake-Harris
Trick question - and I thought to myself "I wonder about the lung connection - but maybe the writer is keeping it simple" - and so I got it wrong too. I think the question could have been more clearly worded.
earlepg
A couple of teachers during my first year in high school gave good advice: not to trust any question that begins with the word "all". My thinking wasn't as complete as I would have liked, but I wasn't buying the statement because of that word "all". Yet another save.
stevemanning
Why do you allow such poor questions that are wrong and cost us points???
vudu
I really think that you enjoy marking our answers wrong. I say this because so many questions are tricky and not well phrased. I do not agree with your explanation of how the blood is carried to and from the heart. I just won't waste any more time on this silliness. Dr. Young
Kazie
This was not a good question very confusing and I am a nurse
Anne Roberts
Anne Thank you in my nurse training I was continually reminded to make sure you read the question and fully understand the wording before you decide on your answer
Oh dear I didn’t so got it wrong .
Anne Roberts
By the way read the book The Body by Johnathon Miller describing the body like a car great reminder of how the body works
One small plug not repaired can cause a car to deteriorate in action as can one small bodypart do the same !!!!
Anne Roberts
Sorry mis read he question very aware of how blood works the body
rlkrchase
Poorly worded question
David Stokes
So artery might mean "away from" and vein "towards" the heart, regardless of the oxygen level.
docluci
I am ashamed, as an MD I know better and just should have put a little more thought in my answer!!!!!