loading...| Preferred Name |
tunica adventitia of blood vessel |
| Synonyms |
tunica adventitia of vessel tunica adventitia vasorum external coat tunica externa vasorum tunica adventitia adventitia externa |
| Definitions |
The outermost layer of a blood vessel, composed mainly of fibrous tissue. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005734 |
| composed primarily of | |
| database_cross_reference |
BTO:0002010 NCIT:C33818 UMLS:C0225342 EMAPA:36299 Wikipedia:Tunica_externa_(vessels) SCTID:61066005 |
| definition |
The outermost layer of a blood vessel, composed mainly of fibrous tissue. |
| depicted by |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Illu_artery.jpg |
| editor note |
TODO - note terminological problems. WP says tunica external layer of blood vessel. FMA says tunica externa = adventitia, and is FMA adventitia covers other kinds of vessels. Here we opt for a lengthier name that attempts to disambiguate. There is no precise FMA equivalent, as FMA has tunica externa of arteries, veins, genital ducts etc as siblings |
| has quality | |
| has_exact_synonym |
tunica adventitia of vessel tunica adventitia adventitia externa |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
tunica adventitia vasorum external coat tunica externa vasorum |
| id |
UBERON:0005734 |
| label |
tunica adventitia of blood vessel |
| notation |
UBERON:0005734 |
| prefLabel |
tunica adventitia of blood vessel |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
The outermost layer of a blood vessel, surrounding the tunica media. It is mainly composed of collagen. The collagen serves to anchor the blood vessel to nearby organs, giving it stability[Wikipedia:Tunica_externa_(vessels)]. |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005742 |