Tissue
elastic tissue
e·las·tic tis·sue
Subclass of:
Connective Tissue
Definitions related to elastic tissue:
  • Connective tissue comprised chiefly of elastic fibers. Elastic fibers have two components: ELASTIN and MICROFIBRILS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Form of connective tissue in which the elastic fibers predominate; it constitutes the ligamenta flava of the vertebrae and the ligamentum nuchae, especially of quadrupeds; it occurs also in the walls of the arteries and of the bronchial tree, and connects the cartilages of the larynx.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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