Answer:
Option B. arteriosclerosis
Explanation:
The suffix used in medical terminology to refer to the hardening and subsequent loss of elasticity in a blood vessel is -sclerosis.
The root phrase commonly used to refer specifically to the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart known as arteries is arteri/o-.
Combining the two leads to the medical term matching the given statement. Arteriosclerosis, option B, is the hardening, narrowing, and loss of elasticity in the arteries that occurs commonly when fatty plaques develop along the vessel walls.
