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Preferred Name

Tunica Adventitia
Synonyms

Tunica Adventitia

Definitions

The outer connective tissue layer of the blood vessel wall. The adventitia consists of longitudinally arranged collagen fibers, elastic fibers, smooth muscle, fibroblasts, nerves and the vasa vasorum. It is thicker in veins than in arteries.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33818

code

C33818

DEFINITION

The outer connective tissue layer of the blood vessel wall. The adventitia consists of longitudinally arranged collagen fibers, elastic fibers, smooth muscle, fibroblasts, nerves and the vasa vasorum. It is thicker in veins than in arteries.

FULL_SYN

Tunica Adventitia

label

Tunica Adventitia

Legacy Concept Name

Tunica_Adventitia

Preferred_Name

Tunica Adventitia

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33818

Semantic_Type

Tissue

UMLS_CUI

C0225342

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32213

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