HISTOLOGY
BLOOD VESSELS
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Question
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Which vessel am I? I have muscular walls, and a small lumen.
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Artery
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Vein
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Capillary
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Arteriole
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In biology, a lumen (plural lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine. It comes from Latin lumen ‘an opening’.
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