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vasa vasorum

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vas (vas) pl. va´ sa  [L.] vessel.va´sal
vas aber´rans 
1. a blind tubule sometimes connected with the epididymis; a vestigial mesonephric tubule.
2. any anomalous or unusual vessel.
va´sa afferen´tia  vessels that convey fluid to a structure or part.
va´sa bre´via  short gastric arteries.
vas capilla´re  a capillary.
vas de´ferens  ductus deferens.
va´sa efferen´tia  vessels that convey fluid away from a structure or part.
va´sa lympha´tica  lymphatic vessels.
va´sa prae´via  presentation, in front of the fetal head during labor, of the blood vessels of the umbilical cord where they enter the placenta.
va´sa rec´ta re´nis  straight arterioles of kidney.
va´sa vaso´rum  the small nutrient arteries and veins in the walls of the larger blood vessels.
va´sa vortico´sa  vorticose veins.

vasa va·so·rum (v-sôrm, -zôr-)
pl.n.
Small arteries that are distributed to the outer and middle coats of the larger blood vessels and to their corresponding veins.

vasa vasorum
Etymology: L, vas, vessel
small blood vessels that supply the walls of the arteries and veins.

vas [vas] (pl. va´sa) (L.)
vessel. adj., adj va´sal.
vas aber´rans
1. a blind tube sometimes connected with the epididymis; a vestigial mesonephric tube.
2. any anomalous or unusual vessel.
va´sa afferen´tia vessels that convey fluid to a structure or part.
va´sa bre´via short gastric arteries.
vas de´ferens ductus deferens.
va´sa efferen´tia vessels that convey fluid away from a structure or part.
va´sa lympha´tica lymphatic vessels.
va´sa prae´via the presentation, in front of the fetal head during labor, of the blood vessels of the umbilical cord where they enter the placenta.
va´sa rec´ta re´nis long U-shaped vessels arising from the efferent glomerular arterioles of juxtamedullary nephrons and supplying the renal medulla. Called also arteriolae rectae renis.
va´sa vaso´rum the small nutrient arteries and veins in the walls of the larger blood vessels.


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1,2) Neck dissection may further weaken large vessels by stripping vessels of the vasa vasorum or by removing overlying soft tissue.
This is an interesting and plausible explanation that emphasizes the proatherosclerotic properties of periadventitial fat; however, the authors did not address whether the adventitia and vasa vasorum, 2 other anatomic factors that play a role in atherosclerosis, are altered in intra-myocardial arteries.
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