External Elastic Membrane

Preferred Label : External Elastic Membrane;

NCIt definition : A thin layer of fibrous tissue capable of stretching and contracting. It is part of the tunica media of the blood vessels.;

Details

Origin ID

C32555;

UMLS CUI

C1517037;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Tunica Media [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- blood vessel external elastic membrane [UBERON concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]

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