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Medium artery

medium artery --> muscular artery

(Science: anatomy, artery) An artery with a tunica media composed principally of circularly arranged smooth muscle.

Synonym: distributing artery, medium artery.


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HISTOLOGY - help with identifying connective tissue

... the #2 figure, we found some tubulur structures. I think they are big/medium blood vessels. The ones with thick walls are artery or arteriole, whereas the thin-walled ones must be vein or venules. Could you provide ...

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by Dr.Stein
Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:43 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: HISTOLOGY - help with identifying connective tissue
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