NEETZoologyBody Fluids and Circulation
What is the outermost layer of an artery and vein?
Options
- ATunica intima
- BTunica media
- CSquamous endothelium
- DTunica externa
Correct answer
D. Tunica externa
Step-by-step solution
The blood flows strictly by a fixed route through Blood Vessels—the arteries and veins. Basically, each artery and vein consists of three layers: an inner lining of squamous endothelium, the tunica intima, a middle layer of smooth muscle and elastic fibres, the tunica media, and an external layer of fibrous connective tissue with collagen fibres, the tunica externa. The tunica media is comparatively thin in the veins