NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Arteries have thick, elastic and muscular walls. Arteries are the first vessels that the heart pumps blood through, they experience the highest blood pressure, so they have thick elastic walls to withstand the high pressures. Veins have thin and non-elastic walls.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since the blood pumped from the heart into the arteries flows at higher pressure than the blood in veins, hence arteries need to have thicker walls or else the high blood pressure might cause them to burst.