elastic tissue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of elastic tissue
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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"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
When the arteries are cut open, they present a yellowish appearance, due to the large quantity of elastic tissue contained in the walls.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
The spleen has a fibrous capsule from which partitions pass inwards, dividing it into spaces by a framework of elastic tissue, with plain muscular fibers.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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
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