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Descriptor English: Tunica Media
Descriptor Spanish: Túnica Media
Descriptor túnica media
Entry term(s) media vascular
Scope note: Capa media de las paredes de los vasos sanguíneos, compuesta principalmente por células de músculo liso, estrechas y cilíndricas, y tejido elástico. Constituye el grueso de las paredes de la mayoría de las arterias. Las células de músculo liso están dispuestas en capas circulares alrededor del vaso, y el grosor de esta capa varía de acuerdo con el tamaño del mismo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Túnica Média
Descriptor French: Tunique moyenne
Entry term(s): Arterial Media
Arterial Medias
Media, Arterial
Media, Vascular
Media, Venous
Medias, Arterial
Medias, Vascular
Medias, Venous
Vascular Media
Vascular Medias
Venous Media
Venous Medias
Tree number(s): A07.015.733
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017540
Scope note: The middle layer of blood vessel walls, composed principally of thin, cylindrical, smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It accounts for the bulk of the wall of most arteries. The smooth muscle cells are arranged in circular layers around the vessel, and the thickness of the coat varies with the size of the vessel.
Annotation: /pathol is more likely than "diseases of the tunica media"; coordinate IM with specific blood vessel (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Muscle, Smooth (1966-1979)
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular (1980-1992)
specific blood vessel (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30468
Unique ID: D017540
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Tunica Media - Preferred
Concept UI M0026602
Scope note The middle layer of blood vessel walls, composed principally of thin, cylindrical, smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It accounts for the bulk of the wall of most arteries. The smooth muscle cells are arranged in circular layers around the vessel, and the thickness of the coat varies with the size of the vessel.
Preferred term Tunica Media
Entry term(s) Media, Vascular
Medias, Vascular
Vascular Media
Vascular Medias
Venous Media - Narrower
Concept UI M0026601
Preferred term Venous Media
Entry term(s) Media, Venous
Medias, Venous
Venous Medias
Arterial Media - Narrower
Concept UI M0026600
Preferred term Arterial Media
Entry term(s) Arterial Medias
Media, Arterial
Medias, Arterial



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