Tunica

... pressure than the veins, so it would make sense that the arteries are thicker, I think it is the middle layer not the external. Something like tunica medious or something, cant remember. So bottom line, arteries have to be stronger than vein as they have more pressure.

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... in anatomy i am now seriously doubting my sports textbook please help!!! who is right!!! also, my sports textbook says that veins have a thicker tunica externa so it can withstand the pressure when the blood pools but in biology arteries and veins have a tunica externa which is the same thickness ...

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:?: What is the Role of Smooth Muscles in the Aorta? From what i know the smooth muscles are found in the Tunica Media of the Aorta (and also almost all blood vessels except the capillaries). They alternate with the Elastic Fibers. I know that the role of Elastic fibers is to ...

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... Enteric lesions can be severe, often with demonstration of bacilli in epithelial cells and smooth muscle cells of the muscularis mucosa and tunica muscularis interna and externa. The most frequently encountered lesion in all species of affected animals is focal hepatic necrosis. Since the ...

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... a urologic emergency. Sudden blunt trauma or abrupt lateral bending of the penis in an erect state can break the markedly thinned and stiff tunica albuginea, resulting in a fractured penis. One or both corpora may be involved, and concomitant injury to the penile urethra may occur. Urethral ...

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