While contrasting arteries and veins which of the following

While contrasting arteries and veins, which of the following statements is TRUE? veins have thicker walls than arteries arteries have a thicker tunica media than veins veins have a tunica media while arteries do not arteries have valves, but veins do not arteries have smooth muscle in their walls, but veins do not

Solution

The correct statement is

Arteries have thicker tunica media than veins.

Generally arteries have thicker wall and they contain three layer, the tunica intima, the tunica media and the tunica adventitia.