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Why vasa vasorum are more frequent in veins than arteries?​

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Vasa vasorum is more frequent in veins than arteries. This means that it would take longer for any oxygen to diffuse through to the cells in the tunica adventitia and the tunica media, causing them to need a more extensive vasa vasorum.

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