Medical Definition of Fibrous plaque

1. Thickened area of arterial intima with accumulation of smooth muscle cells and fibrous tissue (collagen etc.) produced by the fat laden smooth muscle cells. Below the thickening may be free extracellular lipid and debris that, if much necrosis is also present, is referred to as an atheroma. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrous Plaque

fibrous dysplasia of bone
fibrous dysplasia of jaws
fibrous goiter
fibrous hamartoma of infancy
fibrous histiocytoma
fibrous joint
fibrous lamina
fibrous layer
fibrous mediastinitis
fibrous membrane
fibrous pericarditis
fibrous pericardium
fibrous plaque (current term)
fibrous pneumonia
fibrous polyp
fibrous protein
fibrous ring
fibrous ring of heart
fibrous ring of intervertebral disc
fibrous sheaths
fibrous skeleton of heart
fibrous tissue
fibrous trigones of heart
fibrous tubercle
fibrous tunic of eye
fibrous union

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