PATHOLOGY MCQ
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: -Muscular arteries include the anatomically named arteries like the brachial artery, the radial artery, and the femoral artery, for example. Muscular arteries contain more smooth muscle cells in the tunica media layer than the elastic arteries.
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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