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Cross sections of tunica media revealed that it consisted primarily of smooth muscle cells, averaging 24 ± 0.5 cells in cross section (n = 10 fields of view, N = 3 animals).
The primary structural difference was that secondary arterial branches contain a greater number of smooth muscle cells within the tunica media and have 5 to 10 times thicker smooth muscle layer than that of veins.
Within the tunica media, smooth muscle fibers were organized so that the long axis of the cells ran at an angle to circular axis of the vessel wall (Fig.
The tunica media was primarily made up of smooth muscle cells and extracellular matrix proteins, the tunica adventitia was made up of collagen fibrils, an external elastic lamina, occasional nerve processes and fibroblasts.
Smoking incites an immunologic response to vascular injury, described as oxidative stress leading to lipid peroxidation, endothelial cell dysfunction, and foam cell proliferation in the tunica media [1,2].