PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Arteries and arterioles have relatively thick muscular walls because blood pressure in them is high and because they must adjust their diameter to maintain blood pressure and to control blood flow.

Detailed explanation-2: -The arteries are the thickest of all blood vessels and have muscular walls that contract to keep the blood moving away from the heart. The veins are not as muscular, but they contain valves to prevent the blood from flowing backward. The arteries are therefore widest blood vessels.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arteries have thick walls and are situated superficially in comparison to other blood vessels. Arteries are blood vessels, the network of pathways through which the oxygenated blood travels away from the heart to various cells, tissues, and organs of the human body.