Tags: Anatomical Structure.
Elastic cartilage or yellow cartilage is a type of cartilage present in the outer ear Eustachian tube and epiglottis. It contains elastic fiber networks and collagen fibers. The principal protein is elastin.Elastic cartilage is histologically similar to hyaline cartilage but contains many yellow elastic fibers lying in a solid matrix. These fibers form bundles that appear dark under a microscope.
