Veins in the extremities carry blood to the heart and lungs, where
the blood is oxygenated. As the blood returns to the heart from the
lungs, the arteries carry the oxygen-rich blood out to the body.
Review Date: 02/13/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
