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noun - an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
The membranous outer covering of an organ or a blood vessel.
ADVENTITIA - Adventitia is the outermost connective tissue covering of an organ, vessel, or other structure. It is also called the tunica adventitia or the tunic...
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Item covering vessel's arrival on island one recalled |
outermost covering of organ |
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May 3 2013 7 Little Words Daily Puzzle |
May 3 2013 7 Little Words Daily Puzzle |
Jan 1 2010 The Times - Cryptic |
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The membranous outer covering of an organ or a blood vessel. |
an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue |
The outermost layer of the wall of a blood vessel. |
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Adventitia is the outermost connective tissue covering of an organ, vessel, or other structure. It is also called the tunica adventitia or the tunica externa. * For example, the connective tissue that surrounds an artery is called the tunica externa because it is considered extraneous to the artery. * To some degree, its role is complementary to that of the serosa, which also provides a layer of tissue surrounding an organ. In the abdomen, whether an organ is covered in adventitia or serosa depends upon whether it is peritoneal or retroperitoneal:* intraperitoneal organs are covered in serosa (a layer of mesothelium, the visceral peritoneum) * retroperitoneal organs are covered in adventitia (loose connective tissue)In the gastrointestinal tract, the muscular layer is bounded in most cases by serosa. However, at the oral cavity, thoracic esophagus, ascending colon, descending colon and the rectum, the muscularis externa is instead bounded by adventitia. (The muscularis externa of the duoden |