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Basal lamina vs. Internal elastic lamina

1. The picture says "Internal elastic lamina" and indeed there is an article called en:Internal elastic lamina But there is also an article called Basal lamina. What is the relation?
2. In this picture, the internal elastic lamina is next to the smooth muscles and between it and the endothelial cells, there is space filled with extracellular molecules. So in contrast to skin tissue, this lamina serves a different purpose, namely not to anchor the epithelium but rather to ensheath the muscle cells.
3. The german article de:Leukodiapedese claims, a hole is made into the lamina, which is supposed to be directly under the mono-layer of endothelial cells. Foam cells would be between the lamina and the muscle cells instead of being between the lamina and the endothelium.
4. Alternative pictures are File:Gray448.png, which is not high-resolution enough and File:Anatomy artery.png, which puts the elastica interna neither next to the muscle tissue nor next to the endothelial layer. ScotXW (talk) 14:46, 16 July 2016 (UTC)