POTENCY: What is the pattern for return of sexual function after prostate surgery? Usually erections return slowly beginning as partial erections 3 to 6 months after surgery and continue to improve for 18 to 36 months. There is considerable variation.
Arteries (from Greek á¼ÏÏÎ·ÏÎ¯Î± (artÄria) , meaning windpipe, artery) are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. While most arteries carry oxygenated blood, there are two exceptions to this, the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries.rteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues, except for pulmonary arteries, which carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation. (Usually veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart but the pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood.) There are two unique arteries.
Arteries typically carry oxygenated blood, which is bright red in colour. The exception is the pulmonary artery which carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. Arteries divide into arterioles which are of a similar structure, however the walls are not as thick as in arteries as the pressure within the vessels has lessened by the time blood reaches them. The arterioles then divide further into capillaries.