Slide 66 Elastic artery (aorta). In the aorta, the tunica media constitutes the greater part of the vessel wall. It is made up of multiple elastic lamellae alternating with thin layers of circularly oriented smooth muscle .
Dhivehi phrasebook. Dhivehi (ÞÞ¨ÞÞ¬Þ Divehi) is the official language of the Maldives. A dialect of it is also spoken in Maliku (Minicoy) Island in the Lakshadweep islands of India, where it is known as Mahal (ÞÞ¦ÞÞ¦ÞÞ° à¤®à¤¹à¤²à¥) or Mahl. Neglect of Mahal and lack of recognition of Mahal as an official language in Lakshadweep, has rendered this language to a colloquial language.
Atolls of Maldives. Maldives is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean not very far from India. The people of Maldives are called Maldivians and their language is known as Dhivehi. The Capital of Maldives is MalÃ©. The Maldives consists of atolls, coral reefs and low-lying coral islands. There are 22 geographical atolls comprising of about 1200 islands which are divided into 20 administrative units. Not all islands are inhabited. In fact only about 200 islands are inhabited.