Artery Cross Section

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Artery cross section. X50 tunica media tunica adventitia lumen tunica intima. The radial nerve is located posterolateral to the humeurs. The neurovasculature of the arm lies medially in this cross section.
Outer adventitial layer of connective tissue provides elastic support and strength. Arteries and veins have the same layers of tissues in their walls but the proportions of these layers differ. Lining the core of each is a thin layer of endothelium and covering each is a sheath of connective tissue but an artery has thick intermediate layers of elastic and muscular fiber while in the vein these are much thinner and less developed.
Moving medially away from the humerus one can see the brachial artery brachial vein basilic vein median nerve and ulnar nerve. Arterial cross section single layer of darkly stained cells the tunica intima lines the lumen. Cross section of artery and vein.
Thick tunica media is composed of canoe shaped smooth muscle cells. Related posts of cross section of vein and artery human temporal bone carotid canal. Take a look at this cross section through an elastic artery and identify the three main layers tunica intima tunica media and tunica adventitia.