Tunica
Tunica is
- a piece of clothing, see tunic
in biology:
- the shell of tunicates (Tunicata)
- the plant genus of rock carnations ( Petrorhagia , formerly Tunica )
- Tunica (angiosperms) , a layer of cells in flowering plants
- a thin layer of tissue in human and animal anatomy, for example
- Tunica adventitia , an outer layer of connective tissue of tubular organs (blood vessels, esophagus, etc.)
- other layers of blood vessels, see tunica intima and tunica media
- Tunica muscularis , a fine layer of tissue in hollow organs
- Tunica serosa , the smooth lining of the chest cavity, the abdominal cavity and the pericardium
- the outer layers of the eyeball (Latin tunica externa bulbi , tunica media bulbi , tunica interna bulbi )
Others:
- Tunica (people) , an Indian tribe in Louisiana
- (1070) Tunica , an asteroid
Bear the surname Tunica :
- Christian Tunica (1795–1868), German portrait and miniature painter, engraver and lithographer, court painter in Braunschweig and daguerreotype
- Hermann Tunica (1826–1907), German portrait. and history painters as well as drawing teachers
Places in the United States:
- Tunica (Louisiana)
- Tunica (Mississippi)
- Tunica County , Mississippi County
See also:
Wiktionary: Tunica - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations