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Abstract
The middle layer of blood vessel walls, composed principally of thin, cylindrical, smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It accounts for the bulk of the wall of most arteries. The smooth muscle cells are arranged in circular layers around the vessel, and the thickness of the coat varies with the size of the vessel.
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12 entry terms
- Vascular Media
- Media, Vascular
- Medias, Vascular
- Vascular Medias
- Arterial Media
- Venous Media
- Arterial Medias
- Media, Arterial
- Media, Venous
- Medias, Arterial
- Medias, Venous
- Venous Medias
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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/pathol is more likely than "diseases of the tunica media"; coordinate IM with specific blood vessel (IM)
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- Muscle, Smooth (1966-1979)
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular (1980-1992)
- specific blood vessel (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tunica Media. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017540. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017540
- Tunica Media. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunica_media
- Tunica Media. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1740954