PATHOLOGY MCQ
BLOOD VESSELS
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Question
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These have a large lumen
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Artery
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Vein
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Veins. A vein is a blood vessel that conducts blood toward the heart. Compared to arteries, veins are thin-walled vessels with large and irregular lumens (see Figure 18.2.
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’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Your pulmonary veins, superior vena cava and inferior vena cava (veins) carry blood into your heart.
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