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The tunica media (or just media) is the middle layer of an artery. It is made up of smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It lays between the tunica intima on the inside and the tunica adventitia on the outside. Section of an artery An artery or arterial is also a class of highway. ... Smooth muscle is a type of non-striated muscle, found within the walls of hollow organs; such as blood vessels, bladders, uteri. ... The tunica intima (or just intima) is the innermost layer of an artery. ... The tunica adventitia (or just adventitia) is the outermost layer of an artery. ...


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Larger vessels are therefore accompanied by smaller blood vessels which supply the tunica adventitia and, in the largest vessels, the outer part of the tunica media of the vessel wall.
It is difficult to identify an external elastic lamina or to distinguish the tunica adventitia from the connective tissue surrounding the vessel.
The tunica media is, again as compared to the artery, very thin and there is no sharp border between the tunica media and the tunica adventitia.
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