Assertion: artery's layer | /r/HasProperty | the tunica externa
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text: The outermost layer is the tunica externa or tunica adventitia, composed entirely of connective fibers and surrounded by an external elastic lamina which functions to anchor vessels with surrounding tissues.
text: The outermost layer of an artery (or vein) is known as the tunica externa, also known as tunica adventitia, and is composed of collagen fibers and elastic tissue - with the largest arteries containing vasa vasorum (small blood vessels that supply large blood vessels).
text: The three structural layers of a generalized blood vessel from innermost to outermost are the tunica interna (intima), tunica media, and tunica externa (adventitia) (Figure 2).
text: The walls of most blood vessels have three distinct layers: the tunica externa, the tunica media, and the tunica intima.
text: The outermost layer, which attaches the vessel to the surrounding tissue, is the tunica externa or tunica adventitia.
text: One more layer is the tunica externa made of connective tissue that’s mostly collagen fibers.
text: The vascular wall consists of several layers known as the tunica externa, tunica media, and tunica intima.