Assertion: muscular artery | /r/HasProperty | other aortic branches
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text: : the media is abundant in elastic fibers that allow it to expand with systole and recoil during diastole, thereby propelling blood forward medium-sized muscular arteries (other aortic branches, e.g. coronary and renal arteries): the media is abundant in smooth muscle cells that vasoconstrict or vasodilate, thereby controlling lumen diameter and regional blood flow small arteries and arterioles (in the substance of organs and tissues): the media is abundant in smooth muscle cells that vasoconstrict or vasodilate; in vessels of this size, smooth muscle contraction causes dramatic changes in lumen diameter, thereby controlling systemic blood pressure as well as regional blood flow