NEET 2011 Biology question

Arteries are best defined as the vessels which :

(1)supply oxygenated blood to the different organs
(2)break up into capillaries which reunite to form one visceral organCorrect
(3)break up into capillaries which reunite to form a vein
(4)carry blood from one visceral organ to another visceral organ

Answer: (2)

Solution

The keyed definition is option (2): an artery is a vessel that carries blood away from the heart and ends by breaking up into a capillary network, whose capillaries then reunite into a single venous channel (the second option as keyed in the examination; SATHEE reproduces it as "one venous vessel"). This is the

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