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Also known as tunica adventitia, tunica externa

The adventitia ( ) is the outer layer of fibrous connective tissue surrounding an organ.

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It is catalogued under the topic Connective tissue.

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The adventitia ( ) is the outer layer of fibrous connective tissue surrounding an organ.

The outer layer of connective tissue that surrounds an artery, or vein – the tunica externa, is also called the tunica adventitia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “adventitia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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