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Normal Aorta
Etiology

Not applicable.
Pathogenesis

Not applicable.,
Epidemiology

Not applicable.
General Gross Description

Yellow tan smooth lumenal surface
Thin wall
Smooth external surface
•Examples:
Normal Aorta
General Microscopic Description

Layer of endothelial cells lying on an internal elastic lamina
Media of smooth muscle cells rich in elastic fibers lying on an external elastic lamina
External layer is adventia
Vasa vasorum supply outer portion of vessel wall
•Examples:
References

Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 467-469.

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Normal Aorta
Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T42000M00100)[68]
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