The high compliance of veins allows them to
A) rapidly change central venous pressure with small changes in blood volume.
B) hold only small volumes of blood.
C) provide the driving force for the movement of blood through the vasculature during diastole.
D) accommodate large volumes of blood with little change in pressure.
E) act as pressure reservoirs.
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