MEDICAL
ARTERIES
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Question
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Click all of the structures which make up arteries.
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Lumen
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Endothelium
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Thin smooth muscle layer
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Elastic fibres
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Thick smooth muscule layer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Arteries have a great deal more smooth muscle within their walls than veins, thus their greater wall thickness. This is because they have to carry pumped blood away from the heart to all the organs and tissues that need the oxygenated blood.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arterioles provide blood to the organs and are chiefly composed of smooth muscle. The autonomic nervous system influences the diameter and shape of arterioles.
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