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An X-ray microscopic study of the vasa vasorum of the normal human thoracic aorta

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    The arterial and venous sides of the microcirculation in the normal human thoracic aorta have been shown.

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    The arteries originate from the ostia of the intercostal arteries. They are distributed to the adventitia and outer two-thirds of the media.

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    The veins originate in the inner third of the media and drain through the artery wall into circumferential adventitial venous plexuses, which are tributaries of the intercostal veins.

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    The terminal arterio-venous anastomosis occurs in the inner third of the media.

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    The intima is avascular.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    John A. Clarke

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The X-ray Microscope was provided by the Medical Research Council for the Anatomy Department of the University of Glasgow.

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Clarke, J.A. An X-ray microscopic study of the vasa vasorum of the normal human thoracic aorta. Z. Anat. Entwickl. Gesch. 124, 261–267 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00523584

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