loading...| Preferred Name |
Tunica Media |
| Synonyms |
Media, Arterial |
| Definitions |
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. |
| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D017540 |
| altLabel |
Media, Arterial Media, Vascular Arterial Medias Vascular Medias Medias, Venous Venous Media Medias, Vascular Venous Medias Media, Venous Arterial Media Vascular Media Medias, Arterial |
| AN |
/pathol is more likely than "diseases of the tunica media"; coordinate IM with specific blood vessel (IM) |
| AQL |
AB AH CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI |
| cui |
C0162867 C0162865 C0162866 |
| DC |
1 |
| definition |
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. |
| DX |
19930101 |
| HN |
93 |
| Inverse of AQ |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000737 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000503 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000002 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000166 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000294 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000254 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000648 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000637 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000293 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000033 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000000981 |
| Inverse of RO | |
| Inverse of SIB |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014650 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D055806 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D063194 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D017539 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001158 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014651 |
| Machine permutation |
93 |
| MDA |
19920522 |
| MMR |
20180630 |
| MN |
A07.015.733 |
| notation |
D017540 |
| prefLabel |
Tunica Media |
| TERMUI |
T052621 T052620 T052622 T052623 |
| TH |
NLM (1993) |
| tui |
T024 |
| subClassOf |