Veterinary Histology and Embryology

ELASTIC CARTILAGE

• In this, elastic fibres are present and embedded in the matrix. These fibres branch and run in all directions and anastomose to form a dense network.
• In the peripheral layers, the fibres are thin and the network wide meshed.
• In the deeper portions, they are thicker and more closely packed.
• Elastic cartilage is present in the external ear, the eustachian tube, the epiglottis and in a part of aretynoid cartilages.