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Diagrammatic model of the major components of a healthy elastic artery, from [5]. The intima, the innermost layer is negligible for the modeling of healthy arteries, it plays a very important role in the modeling of diseased arteries, though. The two predominant directions of the collagen fibers in the media and the adventitia are indicated with black curves.
