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Noun Concept
Categories: Structural proteins, All Wikipedia articles written in American English
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elastic tissue  elastic fiber  Elastic connective tissue  elastic fibers  elastic fibre
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Connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments WordNet 3.0
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Connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Elastic fibers are an essential component of the extracellular matrix composed of bundles of proteins which are produced by a number of different cell types including fibroblasts, endothelial, smooth muscle, and airway epithelial cells. Wikipedia
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connective tissue
cellular component
PART OF
extracellular matrix
SUBSTANCE MERONYM
elastin
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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elastic tissue
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elastic fiber
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elastic fiber
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Elastic connective tissue, elastic fibers, elastic fibre, elastic fibres, elastic tissue, elastogenesis, Yellow elastic fibers, Yellow fibre
Wikidata Alias
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elastic fibre, elastin fiber, GO:0071953, yellow fiber

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