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Article: artery
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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artery blood vessel that conveys blood away from the
heart
. Except for the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs, arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues. The largest arterial trunk is the
aorta
, branches of which divide and subdivide into ever-smaller tubes, or arterioles, until they terminate as minute
capillaries
, the latter connecting with the
veins
(see
circulatory system
). Other important arteries are the subclavian and brachial arteries of the ...
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