Muscular artery
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muscular-artery-182-12628570
title:
Muscular artery
text:
A muscular artery is a medium-sized artery that draws blood from an elastic artery and branches into "resistance vessels" including small arteries and arterioles. Their walls contain larger number of smooth muscles, allowing them to contract and expand depending on peripheral blood demand. This contrasts to the mechanism of elastic arteries, which use their elastic properties to store the energy generated by the heart's contraction for a brief moment. Examples of muscular arteries include the ra
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Arteries able to dilate to regulate peripheral blood flow
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_artery
date created:
2008-11-18T20:10:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T18:55:34Z
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