PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A muscular artery (or distributing artery) is a medium-sized artery that draws blood from an elastic artery and branches into “resistance vessels” including small arteries and arterioles. Their walls contain larger number of smooth muscles, allowing them to contract and expand depending on peripheral blood demand.

Detailed explanation-2: -The diameter range of the muscular arteries varies from 0.1 to 10 mm, this range is smaller than elastic arteries and larger than arterioles diameter.

Detailed explanation-3: -carotid artery. The common, the internal, or the external carotid artery.