AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
(c) Arteries
Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to various organs of the body.
The textbook explicitly states: "Arteries are the vessels which carry blood away from the heart to various organs of the body." Veins bring blood back to the heart; capillaries allow exchange at tissue level; lymph vessels carry lymph, not blood. This is a direct definition-based question — memorise the direction of flow for each vessel type.