..Starting node ..Type II atherosclerotic lesion (HP:0031680)
Term ID:
31680
Name:
Type II atherosclerotic lesion
Synonym:
Definition:
Type II atherosclerotic lesions include the fatty streak lesion, the first grossly visible lesion, and are characterized by layers of macrophage foam cells and lipid droplets within intimal smooth muscle cells and minimal coarse-grained particles and heterogeneous droplets of extracellular lipid.