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| Aorta and its |
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| major |
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| branches . |
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| Elastic
Arteries |
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| • | thick walls |
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| • | much elastic tissue- |
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| absorbs
pulse pressure. |
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| • | smooth
muscle layer |
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| for
structural support |
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| • | called conducting |
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| arteries
because they |
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| conduct
blood to major |
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| body
regions and |
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| organs. |
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| • | greatest pulse pressure |
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| Table 20.1 |