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# artery

«artery» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tube in the body that carries blood away from the heart…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an artery, arteries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An artery is a tube in the body that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#m1)

2) A main road or river that carries lots of traffic is sometimes called an artery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the body, pupils learn that arteries carry blood from the heart, veins carry it back, and tiny capillaries join them. You can feel the pulse in an artery at the wrist or neck. In first aid, bleeding from an artery spurts and is very serious. Phrases: main artery, blocked artery.

### examples

- Arteries carry blood away from the heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#x1)
- You can feel your pulse where an artery is close to the skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#x2)
- The biggest artery in the body is called the aorta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#x3)
- Blood in arteries is bright red because it has lots of oxygen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#x4)
- Eating healthy food helps keep your arteries clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#x5)
- The motorway is the main artery into the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#x6)
- A cut artery bleeds a lot, so call for help fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/#x7)

### note

Plural: arteries (y changes to ies). Memory trick: Arteries go Away from the heart. Opposite in the body: vein (carries blood back to the heart). Myth: blood in veins is not blue; it is dark red, it only looks blue through the skin.

### In the corpora

- [Each heartbeat squeezes blood out and sends a wave along the arteries, which you feel as your pulse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/5/)
- [Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins bring it back, and tiny capillaries join them inside every part of the body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/32-heart-blood-breathing/4/)
- [Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood back to it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/32-heart-blood-breathing/11/)
- [The pulse is the beat of the heart felt where an artery is near the skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/32-heart-blood-breathing/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «artery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.