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Elastic Arteries Structure

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Structure

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The most prominent feature of elastic arteries is the very thick tunica media in which
elastic lamellae alternate with layers of smooth muscle fibers. The adult aorta has about
50 elastic lamellae.[3]

The tunica intima is well developed, with many smooth muscle cells in the
subendothelial connective tissue, and often shows folds in cross section because of the
vessel’s contraction with loss of blood pressure at death. Between the intima and the
media lies the internal elastic lamina, usually better defined than the elastic laminae of
the media. The relatively thin adventitia contains vasa vasorum, which also supply
elastic arteries,[3] unlike smaller blood vessels, which are supplied by diffusion.

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