The wall of arterty is thick comparing to wall of vein because
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Arteries experience a pressure wave as blood is pumped from the heart. This can be felt as a "pulse." Because of this pressure the walls of arteries are much thicker than those of veins. ... The tunica media is smaller in relation to the lumen than in arteries.
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Since they must receive the blood directly from the heart which pumps the blood at a pressure sufficient to enable circulation, they need thick and elastic walls to both sustain the pressureand to withstand the pressure the haue thicker walls then veins.
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