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Interconnections between elastic fibers and smooth muscle cells. Black-appearing elastic fibers (E) and the processes of smooth muscle cells are connected with one another at many sites. The rat aortic media was examined by transmission electron microscopy after tannic acid staining. Scale bar = 1 µm (Reproduced from Ref. 17).
