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Arteries are high-pressure vessels. However, this pressure is not constant. As the heart pumps blood into the arteries, the pressure dramatically increases. They must stretch to accommodate this change, or risk rupturing.
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The arteries that are also called distributing arteries are called?
muscular arteries
Do arteries reproduce or does the human body make new arteries?
Arteries do neither
What are the vessels that take blood away from the heart?
The arteries
Which arteries are frequently occluded in the diabetic patient?
retinal arteries, arteries in the legs.
Heavy walled vessels which bring blood away from the heart?
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Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are?
Arteries.
How does arteries function?
The arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body. The walls of arteries are muscular allowing the arteries to constrict or dilate. The more constricted the arteries are, the higher the blood pressure.
What are the heart's arteries?
The arteries that actually serve the heart itelf are known as coronary arteries.
What are the popliteal arteries?
popliteal arteries (a portion of the femoral arteries near the surface of the legs)
What are the arteries that supply the myocardium?
The coronary arteries
What are the arteries on the hearts surface?
coronary arteries.
What do the iliac arteries subdivide into?
Femoral Arteries
