VEIN, ILLUSTRATION
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BSIP SA / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
CT69YFFile size:
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3564 x 3327 px | 30.2 x 28.2 cm | 11.9 x 11.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 October 2008Photographer:
JACOPIN / BSIPMore information:
Anatomy of a medium caliber vein (4 layers) Representation of a vein in cutawayview showing its different structures. From the outside toward the inside, the tunica externa (in blue) or adventitia made of collagen fibers, the tunica media or media made of muscular fibers (in pink) and the tunica intima or intima constituted of a subendothelial layer or basal lamina (in orange) and the vascular endothelium (purple). The venous valves prevent the blood to reflux backwards.