Cartilage tissue that is flexible and contains abundant elastic fibers. [ PSPUB:0000170 VSAO:0000091 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 ]
Synonyms: yellow elastic cartilage elastic cartilage yellow elastic cartilage tissue elastic cartilage tissue
Term information
- FMA:64785
- XAO:0004197
- VSAO:0000091
- Wikipedia:Elastic_cartilage
- MA:0000485
- MA:0000107
- NCIT:C32494
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- non-mineralized cartilage tissue
- develops from some cartilaginous condensation
- has part some elastic fiber
- has quality some flexible