Elastic Cartilage
:) Pericondrium present
:) Chondrocytes are larger than those of hyaline cartilage and are present "singly"or in small groups (groups of two or three)
:) Matrix is eosinophilic (stained by eosine) with abundance of anastomosing elastic fibres
:) Show elasticity
:) Examples- epiglottis, eustachian tube,external acoustic meatus,pinna,parts of corniculate and cuniform cartilage of larynx
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