Which of the following features is not a characteristic of arteries? Arteries

  • A possess valves at internals throughout their length
  • B have thick muscular and elastic walls
  • C carry blood away from the heart
  • D transport oxygenated blood with the exception of the pulmonary artery
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The correct answer is A. possess valves at internals throughout their length

*Caries blood away from heart

*Thick, muscular, elastic wall

*Blood is at high pressure and flows fast in spurts(pulse waves)

*Valves absent (except for semi-lunar valves near the heart)

*Blood is oxygenated (except that is pulmonary arteries)

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