Pulmonary Arteries: What They Are & What They Do
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Pulmonary Arteries: What They Are & What They Do
The right ventricle is the main pumping chamber on the right side of the heart. The blood is still deoxygenated because it hasn’t gotten recharged with oxygen in the lungs yet. When the heart contracts, the right ventricle (which has a thicker muscle wall than the right atrium) pumps this blood out of the heart to the lungs, where recharging takes
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These pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs, where oxygen is picked up during respiration and carbon dioxide is released to air through the lungs’ alveoli. Large arteries further divide into smaller arterioles and finely into extremely small, thin-walled capillaries. This is where oxygen is picked up in the pulmonary circulation.
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Atherosclerosis is when the arteries become narrowed, making it difficult for blood to flow through them.
Symptoms include chest pain, pain in the arms and legs and feeling short of breath.
A healthy lifestyle, such as stopping smoking, eating healthily and exercising regularly, can help stop atherosclerosis getting worse.
Treatment includes
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