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 .
Language + Common Dhivehi Phrases in the Maldives. The national language of the Maldives is Dhivehi, a pidgin language that combines the basic syntax of the Sri Lankan language Sinhala with words, phrases and grammar borrowed from every nationality that has used the island nation as an anchorage over the centuries.
Historically linked with the Indian subcontinent, the Maldives is a Muslim-majority country. From the mid-sixteenth century, it was dominated by colonial powers: Portugal, the Netherlands and Britain. The islands gained independence from the British Empire in 1965, becoming a republic in 1968.he Maldives (/ËmÉËldaÉªvz/ , /ËmÉËldiËvz/ or /ËmaeldaÉªvz/), ËmÃ¦ldaÉªvz officially The republic Of (Maldives: maldivian ÞÞ¨ÞÞ¬ÞÞ¨ÞÞ§ÞÞ°ÞÞ­ÞÞ¬ ÞÞªÞÞ°ÞÞ«ÞÞ¨ÞÞ°ÞÞ§ Dhivehi'raa Jeyge), jumhooriyya is an island country and archipelago in The Indian. Ocean it is located southwest Of india And Sri lanka in The Laccadive. sea