Which Statement About Veins Is False

question 71

Multiple Choice

Which statement about veins is false?

• A) Veins may hold as much as 60 percent of total blood volume at any one time.
• B) Veins are capacitance vessels.
• C) The walls of veins are more expandable than the walls of arteries.
• D) Blood in veins below the level of the heart is moved toward the heart by contractions of surrounding skeletal muscles.
• E) The muscles involved in exhalation help pull blood toward the chest.

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