Identify the Tissues Where You Would Find Abundant Elastic Fibers.
There are three types of fibers in the intercellular matrix of connective tissue. You will find all kinds of fibers collagen reticular and elastic fibers that loosely arranged. Connective Tissue Supports And Protects Anatomy And Physiology Elastin protein has little structure and individual proteins are crosslinked. . Elastic cartilage is characterized by the presence of abundant elastic fibers and is quite cellular. Identify the tissues where you would find abundant elastic fibers. The pink collagen fibers in routine staining are the thickest most extensive and most numerous fibers in the loose connective tissue structure. Be able to recognize interstitial fibrillar collagens and elastic fibers at the light and electron microscopic levels. The ECM is composed of a moderate amount of ground substance and two main types of protein fibers. -Stratified squamous epithelium -Simple cuboidal epithelium -Simple squamous epitheliu...