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internal elastic lamina

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internal elastic lamina
n.
A fenestrated layer of elastic tissue that is the outermost part of the intima of an artery. Also called internal elastic layer.


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The IMA has a nonfenestrated internal elastic lamina and lacks vaso vasorum inside the vessel wall, which tends to protect against intimal hyperplasia and cellular migration.
Atherosclerotic lesions luminal to the internal elastic lamina were quantified in eight equidistant oil red O-stained sections 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, and 800 [micro]m from the branching point of the BCA into the carotid and subclavian arteries.
Other nonspecific features include intimal proliferation, duplication and/or fragmentation of the internal elastic lamina, a sparse perivascular inflammatory infiltrate, and fibrinoid necrosis of the intima.
 
 
 
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