cutaneous elastic tissue
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003967
The slender connective tissue fiber in the extracellular matrix of skin tissue that is composed of microfibrils and amorphous elastin and is characterized by great elasticity. [ MP:0008418 ]
Term info
database cross reference
- EMAPA:37841 (MA:th)
Subsets
pheno_slim
has narrow synonym
dermal elastic fiber, cutaneous elastic fiber
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0003967
Term relations
Subclass of:
- elastic tissue
- ectoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some zone of skin
- part of some zone of skin