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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 organ.
3. break up into capillaries which reunite to form a vein.
4. carry blood from one visceral organ to another visceral organ.

Correct answer: break up into capillaries which reunite to form a vein.

Solution

Arteries are defined by the direction and branching pattern of blood flow, not by whether the blood is oxygenated. They carry blood away from the heart and eventually divide into capillaries, which then drain into veins.

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