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.
The blood also carries carbon dioxide from the cells of the body back to the lungs, where it is exhaled. Different animal species have developed different kinds of circulatory systems to accomplish this task, but the lungs and heart play a central role in all of them.he blood that travels back to the heart and lungs is dark red. It has picked up carbon dioxide from the body cells, and it has left most of its oxygen with the cells. We can think of the dark colored, carbon dioxide-rich blood as used blood. This is the blood that the heart pumps into the lungs.