distributing artery

Under the microscope distributing arteries can be identified by their clearly defined internal elastic lamina.

They give rise to medium-sized vessels known as distributing arteries (or muscular arteries).

Examples of distributing arteries include the radial artery and the splenic artery.

In constricted vessels the elastic lamina of distributing arteries appears thick and kinky.

In contrast to the mechanism elastic arteries use to store energy generated by the heart's contraction, distributing arteries contain layers of smooth muscle.

Distributing arteries (or muscular arteries) are medium-sized arteries that draw blood from an elastic artery and branch into "resistance vessels" including small arteries and arterioles.