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noun - a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery
noun - a disease of the arteries
ATHEROMATA - An atheroma is a reversible accumulation of degenerative material in the inner layer of an artery wall. The material consists of mostly macrophage ce...
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An atheroma is a reversible accumulation of degenerative material in the inner layer of an artery wall. The material consists of mostly macrophage cells, or debris, containing lipids, calcium and a variable amount of fibrous connective tissue. The accumulated material forms a swelling in the artery wall, which may intrude into the channel of the artery, narrowing it and restricting blood flow. Atheroma occurs in atherosclerosis, which is one of the three subtypes of arteriosclerosis (which are atherosclerosis, Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis and arteriolosclerosis).In the context of heart or artery matters, atheromata are commonly referred to as atheromatous plaques. It is a pathological condition found in most humans.Veins do not develop atheromata, because they are not subjected to the same hemodynamic pressure that arteries are, unless surgically moved to function as an artery, as in bypass surgery. The accumulation (swelling) is always in the tunica intima, between the endothelium li |