The vasa vasorum

A. are incompetent valves in the large veins.
B. are blood vessels that directly connect arteries to veins.
C. are special capillaries that supply nutrients to the walls of arteries and veins.
D. supply blood to skeletal muscle.
E. are the blood vessels that supply blood to the vas deferens.


Answer: C

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