Compare and contrast the blood contained within the pulmonary arteries to that within the systemic arteries

What will be an ideal response?


Blood in the pulmonary arteries is moving away from the heart but has low oxygen content (and appears dark red). Blood within system arteries also is moving away from the heart but has already passed through pulmonary circuit and has high oxygen content (and appears bright red).

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