Meanings of tunica in English

The tunica media provides a key structure and function support for native vessels.

The left testicle was hanging by its cord, enveloped in its tunica vaginalis.

We report a case of malignant mesothelioma of tunica vaginalis in a 65-year-old man.

Porcine aortic tunica media served as the thrombogenic substrate.

NEP was most abundant in the tunica media of cerebrocortical blood vessels and in pyramidal neurons.

Hydrocele is a condition in which there is an abnormal quantity of fluid in the tunica vaginalis.

Peyronie's disease is a pathological condition of the penis which is characterized by localized ossification of the tunica albuginea.

Electron microscopy of the tunica media showed a number of immunoreactive nerve endings in the vicinity of local smooth muscle cells.

Results: Linear and volumetric imaging was achieved with the handheld system in infant eyes despite tunica vasculosa lentis and vitreous bands.

Objective: To assess the use of tunica vaginalis graft plus onlay preputial island flap in urethral reconstructive surgery in rabbits through histopathology.

We treated 37 patients with severe congenital or acquired penile curvature with a modified Essed-Schroeder corporoplasty without excision of the tunica albuginea.

Microscopic invasion of the tunica and rete testis, and necrosis also were identified slightly more frequently in the higher stage cancer patients.

Expression of D2 receptor mRNAs was detected in the walls of small blood vessels within the tunica adventitia of the pulmonary artery.

We conclude that structural remodeling in the hypertensive neonatal PA is due partly to increased cell proliferation in the tunica media and adventitia.

RA could also inhibit hypertrophic changes in the tunica media and proliferation of adventitial cells of the IAPA and muscularization of non-muscular arteries.

The veins differ from arteries in possessing thinner walls, less elastic and muscular tissue, and for the most part a stronger tunica adventitia.