arteries

• thick wall of artery

  -thick elastic tissue and muscle tissue

  -withstand high pressure bc of the pumping action of heart
• thicker layer of elastic tissue 


  allow arteries to recoil when the heart relax to maintain continuous blood flow
• thicker layer of muscle tissue 


  -to regulate the amount of blood flow to different body parts

  -regulate blood pressure
• What does thicker layer of muscle tissue regulate?

  blood flow to different body parts
• advantages of thick walls of arteries

  thick elastic tissue and muscle tissue
• advantage of thick arteries wall

  to withstand high pressure because of pumping action of heart