NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Elastic cartilage is your most flexible cartilage. It supports parts of your body that need to bend and move to function. Elastic cartilage can bounce back to its original shape, even after a strong force. Your ear is made of elastic cartilage.

Detailed explanation-2: -The outer fibrous layer of the perichondrium is rich in elastic fibers. The matrix of elastic cartilage possesses abundant fine-to-coarse branching elastic fibers interspersed with type II collagen fiber bundles, giving it much more flexibility than the matrix of hyaline cartilage (Figs. 7.5 and 7.6).

Detailed explanation-3: -Elastic cartilage is more flexible that hyaline cartilage and is present in the ear, larynx and epiglottis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hyaline cartilage provides mechanical support for the respiratory tree, nose, articular surfaces, and developing bones. Elastic cartilage has abundant elastic fibers in addition to collagen, making the matrix much more elastic than hyaline cartilage.

Detailed explanation-5: -Elastic cartilage tissue or yellow cartilage is the connective tissue that is found in body organs that do not bear body load, for example, the nose, ear, eustachian tube, and epiglottis.