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Muscular artery

muscular artery

(Science: anatomy, artery) An artery with a tunica media composed principally of circularly arranged smooth muscle.

Synonym: distributing artery, medium artery.


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human heart

... round the body thru the aorta therefore its walls are thicker and more muscular... the right one has to pump deoxygenated blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery... and because the lungs are relatively near, its walls do not need to exert a high ...

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by cracked_doc
Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:50 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: human heart
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