Tunica media

Tunica media
Transverse section through a small artery and vein of the mucous membrane of the epiglottis of a child. (Tunica media is at 'm'.)
Details
Part ofMiddle layer of wall of blood vessels
Identifiers
Latintunica media vasorum
MeSHD017540
TA98A12.0.00.019
TA23921
THH3.09.02.0.01007
FMA55590
Anatomical terminology

The tunica media (Neo-Latin "middle coat"), or media for short, is the middle tunica (layer) of an artery or vein.[1] It lies between the tunica intima on the inside and the tunica externa on the outside.

  1. ^ Histology image:05102loa from Vaughan, Deborah (2002). A Learning System in Histology: CD-ROM and Guide. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195151732.