Arteries near the heart expand as blood rushes in after each contraction. Which component in the arteries allows this expansion?

Explanation:

This type of artery is known as an elastic artery .

Vessels larger than 10 mm in diameter are typically elastic. Their abundant elastic fibers allow them to expand, as blood pumped from the ventricles passes through them, and then to recoil after the surge has passed.

question: which statement best describes the different properties of metals?

answer: they are shiny and bend without breaking.

since metals have certain characteristics properties, they include the following: they are ductile, malleable, shiny, hard, lustrous, flexible and they are good conductor of heat and electricity. so therefore, metals are not dull and they are not non-flexible as listed. instead, they are shiny and flexible.

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sodium i think the chemical element of atomic number 11, a soft silver-white reactive metal of the alkali metal group.