tenâ¢or /ËtÉnÉ/USA pronunciation n. the course of meaning that runs through something written or spoken; drift:[countable]The tenor of the meeting was one of tenseness. continuous course or movement:[countable]nothing to disturb the tenor of our lives. Music and Dance [uncountable] the adult male voice between the bass and the alto.
The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs and is the only artery in the body that carries deoxygenated blood. The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, and it is the only vein that carries oxygen-rich blood.
Oxygen-rich blood moves through your pulmonary veins to the left side of your heart and out of the aorta to the rest of your body. Capillaries in the lungs also remove carbon dioxide from your blood so that your lungs can breathe the carbon dioxide out into the air.