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The image shows an anterior view of the heart. This answer is incorrect as blood leaving the right ventricle passes through the pulmonary trunk and pulmonary arteries to reach the lungs. The pulmonary veins transport oxygenated blood back from the lungs to the heart. However, the arrow indicates one of the main blood vessels emerging from the heart – the pulmonary trunk, which allows deoxygenated blood to pass from the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries. The pulmonary trunk can be identified by its position inferior to the aortic arch.
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Allows blood to pass from the right ventricle to the pulmonary veins
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The image shows an anterior view of the heart. The answer describes the function of the inferior vena cava, which transports deoxygenated blood from the rest of the body to the right atrium. However, the arrow indicates one of the main blood vessels emerging from the heart – the pulmonary trunk, which allows deoxygenated blood to pass from the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries. The pulmonary trunk can be identified by its position inferior to the aortic arch.
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Allows blood to pass from the lungs into the right atrium
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The image shows an anterior view of the heart. This answer describes the function of the ascending aorta, which allows oxygenated blood to pass from the left ventricle to the aortic arch. Blood then travels through the descending aorta to reach the rest of the body. However, the arrow indicates one of the main blood vessels emerging from the heart – the pulmonary trunk, which allows deoxygenated blood to pass from the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries. The pulmonary trunk can be identified by its position inferiorly to the aortic arch.
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Allows blood to pass blood from the left ventricle to the aortic arch
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The image shows an anterior view of the heart and the arrow indicates one of the main blood vessels emerging from the heart – the pulmonary trunk, which allows deoxygenated blood to pass from the right ventricle to the lungs through the pulmonary arteries. The pulmonary trunk can be identified by its position inferior to the aortic arch.
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Allows blood to pass from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries
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The image shows an anterior view of the heart. The answer describes the function of the pulmonary veins, which transport oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. However, the arrow indicates one of the main blood vessels emerging from the heart – the pulmonary trunk, which allows deoxygenated blood to pass from the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries. The pulmonary trunk can be identified by its position inferior to the aortic arch.
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Allows blood to pass from the lungs into the left atrium
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Great vessels of the heart
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Thoracic anatomy
What is the function of the anatomical structure indicated by the blue arrow in the image below?

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