tunica
Americannoun
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tunicae
plural
noun
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anatomy tissue forming a layer or covering of an organ or part, such as any of the tissue layers of a blood vessel wall
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botany the outer layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the epidermis and cells beneath it Compare corpus
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Etymology
Origin of tunica
< New Latin, special use of Latin tunica tunic
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These mimic the layered structure of the native vascular wall, which, from inside out, is composed of the tunica intima, tunica media and tunica adventitia tissues.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
The tunica externa prevents blood cell adhesion to the wall of the vessel.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The tunica media consists of layers of smooth muscle supported by connective tissue that is primarily made up of elastic fibers, most of which are arranged in circular sheets.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The outer tunica vaginalis is a serous membrane that has both a parietal and a thin visceral layer.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Each testicle is enveloped in a fibrous capsule, known as the tunica albuginea, from which fibrous septa pass into the interior of the organ, thus dividing it into a number of separate lobules.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Eden Paul
When the apostle Jude510 would have us to hate garments spotted with the flesh, his meaning is, detestandam essevel superficiem ipsam mali sive peccati, quam tunicae appellatione subinnuere videtur, as our own.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
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