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    are the pulmonary arteries in the pulmonary circulation that carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation, and the umbilical arteries in the fetal circulation...
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    coronary arteries wrap around the entire heart. The two main branches are the left coronary artery and right coronary artery. The arteries can additionally...
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    In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries (carotids) (English: /kəˈrɒtɪd/) are arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood;...
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    the great vessels of the heart including large elastic arteries, and large veins; other arteries, smaller arterioles, capillaries that join with venules...
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    in the coronary arteries of children. Fatty streaks have been observed in the coronary arteries of juveniles. While coronary artery disease is more prevalent...
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    lungs. Unlike in other organs where arteries supply oxygenated blood, the blood carried by the pulmonary arteries is deoxygenated, as it is venous blood...
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    increase life expectancy. It aims to bypass narrowings in heart arteries by using arteries or veins harvested from other parts of the body, thus restoring...
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    and right internal carotid arteries arise from the left and right common carotid arteries. The posterior communicating artery is given off as a branch of...
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    is a list of arteries of the human body. The aorta The arteries of the head and neck The common carotid artery The external carotid artery The triangles...
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    basilar artery (U.K.: /ˈbæz.ɪ.lə/; U.S.: /ˈbæs.ə.lər/) is one of the arteries that supplies the brain with oxygen-rich blood. The two vertebral arteries and...
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