DIAGRAM: GASTROINTESTINAL: GI: ARTERY: Effects of Hypertension on the Vessel Wall - 2 of 14; A=Intima, B=Media, C=Adventitia, D=Smooth Muscle Cell, E=Connective Tissue -- The increase in vessel wall tension associated with hypertension also causes and increase in the thickness of the media. This is not due primarily to and increas