1. tunica - Noun
2. Tunica - Proper noun
Synonym of tunic (“garment”)
Synonym of tunic (“covering”)
An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.
A town, the county seat of Tunica County, Mississippi, United States.
Pet form of Antonia.
An extinct group of linguistically and culturally related Native American tribes in the Mississippi River Valley.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIts structure is different from the other veins in that the smooth muscle in its tunica media (the middle layer of the vessel) is arranged in conspicuous, longitudinally oriented bundles. Source: Internet
Though some texts state that they surround the vaginal opening, this does not appear to be the case and tunica albuginea does not envelop the erectile tissue of the bulbs. Source: Internet
Systemic arteries can be subdivided into two types - muscular and elastic - according to the relative compositions of elastic and muscle tissue in their tunica media as well as their size and the makeup of the internal and external elastic lamina. Source: Internet
The two corpora forming the clitoral body are surrounded by thick fibro-elastic tunica albuginea, literally meaning "white covering", connective tissue. Source: Internet
Within the tunica media, smooth muscle and the extracellular matrix are quantitatively the largest components of the aortic vascular wall. Source: Internet