tunica adventitia of blood vessel
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005734
The outermost layer of a blood vessel, composed mainly of fibrous tissue. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunica_externa_(vessels) http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0073040584&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: adventitia externa, tunica adventitia, tunica adventitia of vessel
Term info
- EMAPA:36299
- SCTID:61066005
- NCIT:C33818
- UMLS:C0225342 (ncithesaurus:Tunica_Adventitia)
- BTO:0002010
- Wikipedia:Tunica_externa_(vessels)
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)].
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Illu_artery.jpg
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 coat, tunica adventitia vasorum, tunica externa vasorum
uberon
UBERON:0005734