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The tunica intima or intima for short is the innermost tunica of an artery or vein. It is made up of one layer of endothelial cells and is supported by an internal elastic lamina. The endothelial cells are in direct contact with the blood flow. The three layers of a blood vessel are an inner layer a middle layer and an outer layer. In dissection the inner coat can be separated from the middle by a little maceration or it …
In human anatomy the thoracic duct is the larger of the two lymph ducts of the lymphatic system. It is also known as the left lymphatic duct alimentary duct chyliferous duct and Van Hoorne's canal. The other duct is the right lymphatic duct. The thoracic duct carries chyle a liquid containing both lymph and emulsified fats rather than pure lymph. It also collects most of the lymph in the body other than from …
The inferior vena cava is the lower (" inferior ") of the two venae cavae the two large veins that carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium of the heart: the inferior vena cava carries blood from the lower half of the body whilst the superior vena cava carries blood from the …
Artery. Tunica media is made up of smooth muscle cells elastic tissue and collagen.It lies between the tunica intima on the inside and the tunica externa on the outside.. The middle coat (tunica media) is distinguished from the inner (tunica intima) by its color and by the transverse arrangement of its fibers.
The interventricular septum is the stout wall separating the ventricles the lower chambers of the heart from one another. The ventricular septum is directed obliquely backward to the right and curved with the convexity toward the right ventricle; its margins correspond with the anterior and posterior interv...
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