HISTOLOGY
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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Question
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maintains shape-allows great flexibility
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fibrocartilage
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hyaline cartilage
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elastic cartilage
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dense regular CT
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spongy bone
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Elastic cartilage provides strength, and elasticity, and maintains the shape of certain structure such as the external ear. It has a perichondrium. This is a diagram of elastic cartilage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Elastic cartilage is present in the nasal tip and external ear and as the corniculate cartilage of the larynx. Elastin is the matrix compound that permits flexibility and memory within elastic cartilage.
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