GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Elastic fibers are critical connective tissue components providing elasticity and resilience to skin and other tissues. These fibers are composed of elastin and a number of elastin-associated microfibrillar proteins that assemble in a complex fiber network in a multi-step process.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elastin is one of the most abundant proteins in your body. It’s a stretchy protein that resembles a rubber band-it can stretch out (extend) and shrink back (recoil). It’s a major component of tissues in your body that require stretchiness, like your lungs, bladder, large blood vessels and some ligaments.

Detailed explanation-3: -Three types of elastic fibers have been described: mature elastic fibers, elaunin fibers, and oxytalan fibers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The principal cell of connective tissues is the fibroblast. This cell makes the fibers found in nearly all of the connective tissues.