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Elastic fiber
Elastic fibers
(or
yellow fibers
) are bundles of
proteins
(
elastin
) found in
extracellular matrix
of
connective tissue
and produced by
fibroblasts
and
smooth muscle
cells in
arteries
. These fibers can stretch up to 1.5 times their length, and snap back to their original length when relaxed. Elastic fibers include
elastin
,
elaunin
and
oxytalan
.
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