Elastic cartilage

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.

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