elastic tissue

The esophagus has elastic tissue that allows it to expand many times greater than its size.

Tunica media is made up of smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue.

The yellow elastic tissue can be stretched considerably while returning to its original length.

Fibronectin also acts as a skeleton for the elastic tissue formation.

It probably exhaled by contraction of the elastic tissue in the lung walls.

A ligament is a small band of dense, white, fibrous elastic tissue.

Their skeleton is made entirely of cartilage, a kind of elastic tissue.

The strong hut highly elastic tissue regenerated itself swiftly.

Tendons and ligaments are elastic tissues that store energy.

Because of the low inertial work, the energy savings created by the elastic tissue is so small that it's negligible.

"Around age 40, you cross that line - your collagen and elastic tissue have experienced enough damage to really start showing a change.

Therefore, the greater the amount of elastic tissue in a blood vessel, the greater the elasticity, and the lower the compliance.

Elastic stains will reveal a reduction in elastic tissue.

Jadassohn-Pellizzari anetoderma is a benign condition with focal loss of dermal elastic tissue.

Instead of hard cartilage, the bronchi and bronchioles are composed of elastic tissue.

Ms. Terry's son and daughter have pseudoxanthoma elasticum, which causes mineralization of elastic tissue.

It is composed of loose, fibrous, elastic tissue and attaches to Tenon's capsule.

Because hamartoma typically lacks elastic tissue, it may lead to the formation of aneurysms and thus possible hemorrhage.

Ultraviolet radiation leads to changes in the elastic tissue, in the collagen, in the blood vessels.

And the reason we exhale the air is because the elastic tissues in the lung are contracting and pushing the air back out.

The affected lung, which has a great deal of elastic tissue, shrivels in what is referred to as a collapsed lung.

Elastic tissue is classified as "connective tissue proper".

Cartilage is a thin, elastic tissue that protects the bone and makes certain that the joint surfaces can slide easily over each other.

From their morphology, localization and staining properties it seems likely that these fibers are an immature form of elastic tissue.