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tunica media
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The middle layer of an artery or vein. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunica_media ]
Term info
Label
tunica media
Subsets
uberon_slim
comment
May be composed of smooth muscle and elastic tissue
depicted by
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Illu_artery.jpg
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
tunica media vasorum
id
UBERON:0002522
Term relations
Subclass of:
- blood vessel layer
- surrounded by some tunica adventitia of blood vessel
- has_part some blood vessel smooth muscle
- has_part some elastic tissue
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