What vessels carry blood away from the heart?

Arteries & Veins. The ARTERIES are major blood vessels connected to your heart. 1. The pulmonary artery carries blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs to pick up a fresh supply of oxygen. 2. The aorta is the main artery that carries oxygen-rich blood from the left side of the heart to the body. 3. read more

Pulmonary Arteries. The pulmonary arteries pump blood away from the heart to the lungs. They exit so the right ventricle. The pulmonary arteries are the only arteries that carry deoxygenated blood. The pulmonary arteries startsas one artery that branches off the front middle part of the heart, in front of the aorta. Almost immediately this one vessels splits into two pulmonary arteries, one to go to the left lung and one to go the the right lung. read more