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DIAGRAM: GASTROINTESTINAL: GI: ARTERY: Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis - 11 of 13; A=Thrombus, B=Connective Tissue, C=Macrophage, D=Fibrous Plaque, E=Lipid, F=Smooth Muscle Cell, G=Foam Cell, H=T Lymphocyte, I=Media -- The fibrous plaque results from the continuing accumulation of connective tissue over the macrophages an