- yellow cartilage
- elastic c.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
yellow cartilage
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yellow cartilage — noun : elastic cartilage … Useful english dictionary
Cartilage — Firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints. A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body, such as the larynx and the outside parts of the ears. * * * A connective tissue characterized… … Medical dictionary
cartilage — /kahr tl ij, kahrt lij/, n. Anat., Zool. 1. a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whitish or yellowish color; gristle. 2. a part or structure composed of cartilage. [1350 1400; ME ( < MF) < L cartilago gristle] * *… … Universalium
Elastic cartilage — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 68 GrayPage = 279 Caption = The auricula. Lateral surface. Caption2 = System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c 12 DorlandsSuf = 12216650 Elastic cartilage or yellow cartilage is a type … Wikipedia
elastic cartilage — n a yellowish flexible cartilage having the matrix infiltrated in all directions by a network of elastic fibers and occurring chiefly in the external ear, eustachian tube, and some cartilages of the larynx and epiglottis * * * a type of cartilage … Medical dictionary
cuneiform cartilage — n either of a pair of rods of yellow elastic cartilage of which each lies on one side of the larynx in an aryepiglottic fold just below the arytenoid cartilage called also cartilage of Wrisberg * * * cartilago cuneiformis … Medical dictionary
corniculate cartilage — cor·nic·u·late cartilage kȯr .nik yə lət n either of two small nodules of yellow elastic cartilage articulating with the apex of the arytenoid called also cartilage of Santorini * * * cartilago corniculata … Medical dictionary
corniculate cartilage — noun Etymology: Latin corniculatus horned, from corniculum, diminutive of cornu horn Date: circa 1909 a small nodule of yellow elastic cartilage articulating with the apex of the arytenoid … New Collegiate Dictionary
corniculate cartilage — noun : a small nodule of yellow elastic cartilage articulating with the apex of the arytenoid … Useful english dictionary
cervical auricle — a flap of skin and yellow cartilage sometimes seen on the side of the neck at the external opening of a persistent branchial cleft (pharyngeal groove) … Medical dictionary
