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Blood Vessel Wall
tunica intima
- delimits the vessel wall towards the lumen
- endothelial (simple squamous epithelium) lining and associated connective tissue.
- beneath the connective tissue, internal elastic lamina
- forms the limit of the tunica intima
tunica media
- formed by a layer of circumferential smooth muscle and variable amounts of connective tissue.
- located beneath the smooth muscle a second layer of elastic fibers, external elastic lamina
- forms the limit of the tunica media
tunica adventitia
- consist mainly of connective tissue fibres.
- blends with the connective tissue surrounding the vessel.
- definition of the outer limit of the tunica adventitia is arbitrary.
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