When the left ventricle pumps blood into these arteries, they expand or swell, absorbing the high pressure and propelling the blood toward the next group of arteries, the muscular, or distributing, arteries, which also have elastin in their walls.
Kui vasak vatsake vere neisse artereisse paiskab, venivad need, summutades kõrge rõhu ning lükates vere edasi distaalsetesse, lihasetüüpi arteritesse, mille seinad sisaldavad samuti elastiini.