elastic tissue

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. connective tissue consisting chiefly of yellow, elastic fibers and composing certain ligaments and the walls of the arteries.

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Etymology

Origin of elastic tissue

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

"If you have more fat under the skin or more elastic tissue, that's going to cushion the area better," Neutze says.

From US News • Jun. 13, 2016

Dense regular elastic tissue contains elastin fibers in addition to collagen fibers, which allows the ligament to return to its original length after stretching.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

They are composed of an elastic tissue, which yields at every throb of the heart, and then slowly contracting again, keeps up the motion of the blood until the next systole.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman

Smooth muscle fibers are seen in the middle coat, but, in comparison with the mass of elastic tissue, they appear to have only a limited function.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

It would appear that the thinning of the aortic media is due not so much to the atrophy of the elastic tissue as to that of the muscle tissue.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall