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What is adventitia?

What is adventitia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
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The adventitia is rich in collagen bundles, and contains some cells that may be fibroblasts or macrophages.
These neuroendocrine tumors arise from the adventitia of the jugular bulb or the neural plexus within the middle ear space.
The adventitia contains the cartilaginous rings interconnected by connective tissue.
The perimeters of the airway lumen and of the adventitia subtended two areas.
The pathology findings consist of a cyst of gelatinous contents between the media and adventitia causing luminal compression.
The arteries were most susceptible, with bruising of the intima and adventitia and separation of the media from the vessel walls.

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