loading...| Preferred Name |
tunica adventitia of blood vessel |
| Synonyms |
tunica externa vasorum external coat tunica adventitia vasorum tunica adventitia of vessel adventitia externa tunica adventitia |
| 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 |
EMAPA:36299 UMLS:C0225342 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33818 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/61066005 |
| depicted_by |
http://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 |
| external_definition |
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_%28vessels%29]. |
| has_exact_synonym |
tunica adventitia of vessel adventitia externa tunica adventitia |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
tunica externa vasorum external coat tunica adventitia vasorum |
| id |
UBERON:0005734 |
| imported from | |
| label |
tunica adventitia of blood vessel |
| notation |
UBERON:0005734 |
| prefLabel |
tunica adventitia of blood vessel |
| textual definition |
The outermost layer of a blood vessel, composed mainly of fibrous tissue. |
| subClassOf |