An artery meaning 'windpipe, the artery is a blood vessel that carries blood aside from the heart to all parts of the body (tissues, lungs, etc). Most arteries transport oxygenated blood; the two differences are the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries, which transport deoxygenated blood to the organs that oxygenate it. The adequate arterial blood volume is that extracellular fluid which stretches the arterial system.
I think that health related professions are important in the society because they give there opinions to keep us healthy, and they also have backup plan when we are sick to try to make us better.