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Properties of elastic arteries

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Elastic arteries contain larger numbers of collagen and elastin filaments in their tunica media than muscular arteries do, giving them the ability to stretch in response to each pulse. Elastic arteries include the largest arteries in the body, those closest to the heart, and give rise to the smaller muscular arteries.

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