Why do arteries need to be thick, muscular, and elastic?
to make our bodies strong for movement
to withstand the pressure of the blood that is being pumped by the heart
to pull the blood back to the heart from all areas of the body
to withstand changes in blood temperature

The human genome project is devoted to mapping the general dna sequence of our species. this could lead to the development of new medicines, as well as the possibility of using gene therapy to treat certain diseases. however, there are some ethical issues surrounding the mapping of individual genomes. one concern is a) that your genes may change over time, making the project useless. b) that insurance companies could discriminate based on genetic make-up. c) that since this has never been done before, we should probably not do it now. d) that sequencing our individual genomes is so expensive, it is a counter-productive strategy.