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What type of artery is shown by the arrow?

What type of artery is shown by the arrow?

Muscular Artery

vein

Media of a muscular artery


External Elastic Membrane of a muscular artery

What is the dark line the 2 arrows are pointing to?

What is the dark line the 2 arrows are pointing to?

Internal Elastic Membrane of a muscular artery

Intima of a muscular artery

External Elastic Membrane of a muscular artery



*Notice how thin and discontinuous the membrane is

Adventitia of a large muscular artery

Internal elastic membrane of small muscular artery



* notice its less distinct than in the large muscular artery

Small vein



*notice how its collapsed looking

Vaso Vasorum = vessels that supply the media of large blood vessels

Media of elastic artery (aorta)

Adventitia of elastic artery (aorta)

Elastic Stain of an Elastic Artery (elastic fibers stain darkly)

Internal Elastic Membrane of an elastic artery



*Notice how thick and defined it appears

Endothelial layer of the intima of an elastic artery

Elastic fiber interspersed between muscle cell in the media layer of an elastic artery

(pointing to dark wavy line)

(pointing to dark wavy line)

Elastic fiber in a vein



*Notice that the vein is deflated looking and there are less and more irregular elastic fibers

Smooth muscle in a vein

Endothelial layer of intima of a vein

Cardiac Muscle



*notice the branching of myocytes, striations, and centrally located nuclei

Intercalated Disk of mycardium

Lipofuscin - "wear n' tear" pigment that causes aged hearts to appear more brown

Capillary



*notice how its only 1 RBC thick

Endothelial cell nucleus lining a capillary

Left = Nuclei of a hypertrophied myocyte (indicated by irregular shape of nucleus)




Right = Nuclei of an endothelial cell lining a capillary