Which option correctly connects muscular or elastic arteries with what they do?
- AThe aorta is an example of a muscular artery as it transports blood from the left ventricle of the heart.
- BArteries further away from the heart are muscular arteries as they transport blood at high pressure.
- CElastic arteries expand when the heart contracts and then recoil as the heart relaxes to maintain pressure.
- DMuscular arteries facilitate smoother blood flow than elastic arteries as their walls expand and recoil.