(Source: Getty). The European Court of Auditors has calculated that the cost of moving the European parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg every month amounts to an eye watering â¬114m a year.Source: Getty). The European Court of Auditors has calculated that the cost of moving the European parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg every month amounts to an eye watering â¬114m a year.
The smooth muscle, which is innervated by the sympathetic nervous system, controls the diameter of the blood vessel, and it plays an important role in blood pressure.
The structure of the different types of blood vessels reflects their function or layers. There are three distinct layers, or tunics, that form the walls of blood vessels. The inner, tunica intima is a smooth, inner lining of endothelial cells that are in contact with the red blood cells. This tunic is continuous with the endocardium of the heart.