internal elastic membrane
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Related to internal elastic membrane: internal elastic lamina, tunica media, external elastic membrane
internal elastic membrane
[in′tərn·əl i′las·tik ′mem‚brān] (histology)
A sheet of elastin found between the tunica intima and the tunica media in medium- and small-caliber arteries.
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