Elastic artery
| Elastic artery | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
Cardiovascular system | |
| Identifiers | |
| TH | H3.09.02.0.01010 |
| Anatomical terminology] | |
An elastic artery (conducting artery or conduit artery) is an
distributing arteries
(or muscular arteries).
The
pulmonary arteries, the aorta
, and its branches together comprise the body's system of elastic arteries.
Elastic arteries receive their own blood supply by the vasa vasorum unlike smaller blood vessels, which are supplied by diffusion.
Examples are: aorta, brachiocephalic artery, common carotid arteries, subclavian artery, and common iliac artery.
References
- PMID 10562513.
External links
- Histology image: 05402loa – Histology Learning System at Boston University
- Histology at usc.edu