Refer to the graph, which shows blood pressure, blood velocity, and area of the blood vessels throughout a human circulatory system.
Which of the statement about the graph is false?
A) The vessels represented on the left of the graph have many extracellular collagen and elastin fibers in their walls.
B) The rise in curve 2 on the right side of the graph is caused by rhythmic contraction of smooth muscles surrounding the veins.
C) The vessels represented on the far right of the graph are referred to as capacitance vessels.
D) Fluid may be drawn back into the blood vessels represented on the right side of curve 3 by a high osmotic potential.
E) The vessels represented on the far right of the graph may hold 60 percent of a person's blood at any given time.
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