Which of the following blood vessels carries blood away from the left ventricle?

The aorta arises from the left ventricle and supplies oxygenated blood to various parts of the body through its branches. The pulmonary trunk arises from the right ventricle and divides into two pulmonary arteries which carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs. The pulmonary veins open into the left atrium. The venae cavae (superior and inferior) open into the right atrium.