Most of the Visible, Named Arteries are ________

Question

Most of the visible, named arteries are ________.
A) sinusoids
B) elastic arteries
C) muscular arteries
D) metarterioles
E) arterioles

Accepted Answer

Muscular arteries are the type of arteries that are named and visible to the naked eye. They have the ability to constrict or dilate to regulate blood flow and are responsible for distributing blood to specific organs and tissues. Sinusoids are a type of capillary, elastic arteries are larger than muscular arteries and closer to the heart, metarterioles are small arteries that lead to capillaries, and arterioles are smaller than muscular arteries and lead to capillaries.