NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HISTOLOGY

BLOOD VESSELS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
I have muscular walls, and a small lumen. Pump blood away from the heart. What blood vessel am I?
A
Artery
B
Vein
C
Capillary
D
Arteriole
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Arteries. Arteries are muscular blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart, oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. The pulmonary arteries will carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs and the systemic arteries will carry oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood back to the heart.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arteries: These strong, muscular blood vessels carry oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your body.

Detailed explanation-4: -Arteries and arterioles The arteries branch into smaller and smaller vessels, eventually becoming very small vessels called arterioles. Arteries and arterioles have muscular walls that can adjust their diameter to increase or decrease blood flow to a particular part of the body.

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