elastic fiber (yellow fiber)

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Function

  • fibers can stretch up to 1.5 times their length, & snap back to their original length when relaxed

Structure

Formation:

Expression

Histology

Pathology

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Wikipedia - elastic fiber entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_fiber