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  • Tunica vaginalis

    A membrane covering the testes and epididymis. The serous membrane surrounding the front and sides of the testicle. It is the thin, flattened remnant of a pouch of peritoneum pulled into the scrotum by the testis as it descends dining fetal development. A pouch-shaped membrane that encases the external layer of the testis.  

  • Tunica media

    The middle layer of the wall of an artery or vein. Middle layer of the coating of a blood or lymph vessel; comprised of smooth muscle. The middle layer in the wall of a blood vessel composed of circular or spiraling smooth muscle and some elastic fibers.  

  • Tunica intima

    The inner layer of the wall of an artery or vein. The lining of a blood vessel composed of an epithelial (endothelium) layer and the basement membrane, a subendothelial connective tissue layer, and usually an internal elastic lamina.  

  • Tunica albuginea testis

    A white fibrous membrane covering the testes and the ovaries.  

  • Tunica adventitia

    An outer layer of the wall of an artery or vein. The outermost fibroelastic layer of a blood vessel or other tubular structure.  

  • Tunica

    A layer of tissue which covers an organ. Fibro-elastic tissue that covers or coats tubular structures such as blood or lymph vessels. A covering or layer of an organ or part; for example, a layer of the wall of a blood vessel. The tunica albuginea is a fibrous membrane comprising one of the covering tissues…

  • Tunable dye laser

    A laser which coagulates fine blood vessels, used to blanch port wine stains.  

  • Tumoral

    Referring to a tumour.  

  • Tummy ache

    Tummy ache

    Stomach pain.  

  • Tummy

    Stomach or abdomen.  

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