Which of the Following Statements About Arteries Is False

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about arteries is false?

• A) Arterial walls are thicker than venous walls.
• B) Arteries have a smaller lumen than veins of similar size.
• C) Arteries carry oxygenated blood to the heart.
• D) Arteries have more elastin than veins.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how much the numbers differ from the mean.

Independent Samples

Samples drawn from different populations without any pairing or matching between the samples.

Normal Distribution

A distribution of probability that reflects symmetry around the mean, illustrating that occurrences near the mean are more common than those further away from it.

Independent

The condition where two variables do not affect or influence each other.