Hawaii Massage License Practice Exam

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What vessels carry deoxygenated blood from the heart?

Veins
Arteries
Capillaries
Arterioles

The correct answer is: Veins

The vessels that carry deoxygenated blood away from the heart are veins. Veins are responsible for transporting blood that has delivered its oxygen to the tissues and is returning to the heart to be re-oxygenated in the lungs. This is a critical component of the circulatory system, as it ensures that oxygen-depleted blood is efficiently returned to the heart. While arteries and arterioles are involved in carrying oxygenated blood away from the heart (except for the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs), veins serve the opposite function. Capillaries are the small blood vessels where the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste occurs, but they do not carry blood themselves. Therefore, veins are the correct answer as they specifically carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.