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Why do the walls of arteries thicker than veins. ​

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Arteries experience a pressure wave as blood is pumped from the heart. This can be felt as a "pulse." Because of this pressure the walls of arteries are much thicker than those of veins. ... The tunica media is smaller in relation to the lumen than in arteries.

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