Mastering A&P with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Human Anatomy (9th Edition)
Mastering A&P with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Human Anatomy (9th Edition)
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Author: Martini
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21, Problem 8RFT
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Match the term right pulmonary vein with the most closely related descriptions given below:

Vein to the left atrium

Covers outer surface of the heart

Supplies blood to heart muscle

Lines inner surface of fibrous pericardium

Slow heart rate

Functional syncytium

Muscular wall of the heart

Relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle

Vein to the right atrium

Contraction phase of the cardiac cycle

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The arteries and the veins carry oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, respectively, in the body. There are a few exceptions to this and the pulmonary vein and artery is one of them. The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated form of blood, whereas the pulmonary artery supplies the deoxygenated blood.

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