Diagram of an Artery and a Vein

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Transverse section through a small artery and vein. Labels: A, artery; V, vein; e, epithelial lining; m, middle muscular and elastic coat, thick in the artery, much thinner in the vein; a, outer coat of areolar tissue, magnified 350 diameters.

Keywords

artery, vein, "areolar tissue", "epithelial lining"

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Human Systemic Circulation

Source

Martin, H. Newell The Human Body: A Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1900) 172

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