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n. - An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue.

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  • This thickening was mainly produced by an augmentation of the connective tissue of the adventitia and of the intima.
  • Outer layer: The outer layer the adventitia shields the artery from the rest of your body like sausage casing; it holds the artery together from the outside.
  • The histological examination showed a large increase of the connective tissue of the adventitia and of the connective tissue of the intima, but the muscular fibres were...
  • Figure 5.2 Moving Through The artery has three layers—the inner to help blood move through the artery (intima), the outer (adventitia) to protect it from the outside,...
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