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elastic cartilage

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Main Entry: elastic cartilage
Function: noun
: a yellowish flexible cartilage having the matrix infiltrated in all directions by a network of elastic fibers and occurringchiefly in the external ear, eustachian tube, and some cartilages of the larynx and epiglottis
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elastic cartilage n.
A yellowish flexible cartilage in which the matrix is infiltrated by a network of elastic fibers; it occurs primarily in the external ear, eustachian tube, and some cartilages of the larynx and epiglottis. Also called yellow cartilage.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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