tunica
Americannoun
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tunicae
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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 protects the vessel from wear and tear and also provides support for the vessel.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The tunica externa protects the vessel from wear and tear and provides support for the vessel.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Lining the tunica intima is the specialized simple squamous epithelium called the endothelium, which is continuous throughout the entire vascular system, including the lining of the chambers of the heart.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In the smaller arteries there is more or less uniform thickening of the tunica intima from proliferation of the endothelium and increase in the connective tissue in the elastic lamina—a form of obliterative endarteritis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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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