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Vaso vasorum in term and preterm infants before and after birth. By the obliteration of vaso vasorum, the thickness of the vaso vasorum increases after birth and the lumen shrinks. In the preterm infant, vaso vasorum are absent or very scarce and the elastic lamina is thin [Figure adapted from (72)].
