Elastic Tissue Definition

Elastic Tissue Sentence Examples

• Elastin occurs either as thick strands or as membranes; it constitutes the " elastic tissue " of the anatomist.

• Muscle and white fibrous tissue follow next in order, while elastic tissue and bone are the last to show signs of disintegration.

• Movement becomes restricted where bone replaces the elastic tissue of ligaments or tendons.

• Striae gravidarum occur when elastic tissue stretches as the abdomen and breasts enlarge.

• The walls of arteries have a layer of muscle and elastic tissue that makes them flexible and able to dilate and constrict as blood flows through them.