A Nursing Instructor Is Preparing a Lecture About the Difference

question 28

Multiple Choice

A nursing instructor is preparing a lecture about the difference between veins and arteries. Which of the following statements could the instructor correctly include?

• A) Veins carry oxygenated blood, whereas arteries carry deoxygenated blood.
• B) Blood pressure is higher in veins than in arteries; veins thus have thicker walls than arteries.
• C) Veins and arteries have many junctions (or anastomoses) where veins and arteries join each other.
• D) Veins have valves, whereas arteries do not.

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