What is the function of an artery?

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They carry blood toward the heart.

They carry blood away from the heart.

They carry blood nowhere.

They carry blood to the capillaries.

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The main function of arteries is to carry blood away from the heart.

For example:

Aorta, the biggest artery along with its branches carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the other parts of the body.
The pulmonary artery is another artery that carries the deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs for aeration.

Veins carry blood toward the heart.

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