Give reason: Blood flows in arteries under pressure. - Vidyadip

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Give reason:
Blood flows in arteries under pressure.

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Answer

Arteries have thick, elastic and muscular wall with narrow lumen which can cope with the blood flowing with high pressure. Arteries are the large blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to all organs of the body providing energy and oxygen to each of them with the high pressure.

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