Assertion: blood vessel's layer | /r/HasProperty | tunica media
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text: The middle layer ( tunica media ) is thicker and contains more contractile tissue in arteries than in veins.
text: The middle layer, the tunica media, is primarily smooth muscle and is usually the thickest layer.
text: The middle layer of bands of smooth muscle are called tunica media and are, in general, much thinner than those of arteries, as veins do not function primarily in a contractile manner and are not subject to the high pressures of systole, as arteries are.
text: The middle layer is called the tunica media and is separated from the tunica intima by a sheath of high-flexible material called the internal elastic lamina.