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internal elastic membrane — a fenestrated elastic membrane that constitutes the outermost component of the tunica intima of arteries. Called also internal elastic lamina … Medical dictionary
Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the … Medical dictionary
IEL — internal elastic lamina; intraepithelial lymphocyte … Medical dictionary
IEL — • internal elastic lamina; • intraepithelial lymphocyte … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Distributing artery — Distributing arteries (or muscular arteries) are medium sized arteries that draw blood from an elastic artery and branch into resistance vessels including small arteries and arterioles. In contrast to the mechanism elastic arteries use to store… … Wikipedia
Blood vessel — The blood vessels are part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body. The most important vessels in the system are the capillaries, the microscopic vessels which enable the actual exchange of water and… … Wikipedia
space — Any demarcated portion of the body, either an area of the surface, a segment of the tissues, or a cavity. SEE ALSO: area, region, zone. SYN: spatium [TA]. [L. spatium, room, s.] alveolar dead s … Medical dictionary
Artery — Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. All arteries, with the exception of the pulmonary and umbilical arteries, carry oxygenated blood.The circulatory system is extremely important for sustaining life. Its proper… … Wikipedia
Tunica intima — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 133 GrayPage = 498 Caption = Artery wall Caption2 = Transverse section through a small artery and vein of the mucous membrane of the epiglottis of a child. (Tunica intima is at e ) System =… … Wikipedia
