A nurse is assessing the vital signs of a client. The client inquires about the functions of the arteries. What should the nurse include in the client education about the function of arteries?
A) To serve as a capacitance vessels for blood
B) To exchange oxygen and nutrients with body cells
C) To take the blood back into the heart's chambers
D) To carry oxygenated blood to the body cells
D
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Arteries are elastic and smooth muscular tubes that, with the exception of the pulmonary artery, carry oxygenated blood to body cells. To exchange oxygen and nutrients with cells is the function of the capillaries. Veins flow the blood back into the heart. Systemic veins and venules serve as capacitance vessels.
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