Which type of vessels have thick walls and are capable of greater degrees of vasoconstriction and vasodilation to control blood flow? (They are also called "distributing arteries.")
A) elastic arteries
B) muscular arteries
C) arterioles
D) capillaries
Ans: B) muscular arteries
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