| Normal Aorta
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Etiology
• Not applicable.
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Pathogenesis
• Not applicable.,
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Epidemiology
• Not applicable.
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General Gross Description
• Yellow tan smooth lumenal surface
• Thin wall
• Smooth external surface
•Examples:
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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:
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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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