Elastic cartilage
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| The auricula. Lateral surface. | |
| Gray's | subject #68 279 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | c_12/12216650 |
Elastic cartilage is a type of cartilage present in the outer ear, larynx, and epiglottis which contains fibers made of elastin.
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine Elastic+cartilage
- UIUC Histology Subject 768
- Histology at OU 12_02 - "epiglottis"
- Histology at BU 02901loa
- Histology at ucsd.edu
- Histology at usc.edu
- Anatomy Atlases - Microscopic Anatomy, plate 03.42
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| Bone and cartilage - edit |
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| cartilage: chondroblast, chondrocyte, perichondrium, types (hyaline, elastic, fibrous), fibrocartilage callus, metaphysis
bone: ossification (intramembranous, endochondral, epiphyseal plate), cycle (osteoblast, osteoid, osteocyte, osteoclast), types (cancellous, cortical), regions (epiphysis, diaphysis), structure (osteon/Haversian system, Haversian canals, endosteum, periosteum, Sharpey's fibres, lacunae, canaliculi, trabeculae, medullary cavity, bone marrow), shapes (long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid) |
