Sports Nutrition Basics. Part 5 - Pre & Post Competition Eating. Long gone are the days when athletes thought that eating a big steak before a game would give them lots of energy. Today's elite sports men and women follow a strict diet, particularly on the day of a competitive match or event.
An artery (plural arteries) (from Greek á¼ÏÏÎ·ÏÎ¯Î± (artÄria), meaning 'windpipe, artery') is a blood vessel that takes oxygenated blood from the heart to all parts of the body. The two exceptions to this rule are the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries.
Artery-definition and function. Artery is a flexible, muscular BLOOD vessel that carries blood from the HEART and oxygenated blood to tissues throughout the body. The wall of an artery has three layers: 1  adventitia, the outermost layer, which is primarily connective tissue that gives the artery its FLEXIBILITY.he bodyâs largest artery is the aorta, which carries blood from the heart to the network of arteries that then carry the blood throughout the body. Fibrous sheaths enclose most of the bodyâs arteries, usually along with the companion VEIN and NERVE.