Elastin
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Elastin is a protein encoded by the ELN gene in humans and several other animals. Elastin is a key component in the extracellular matrix of gnathostomes. It is highly elastic and present in connective
Micrograph of solar elastosis
Histopathology of elastosis perforans serpiginosa
Histopathology of perforating calcific elastosis
Histopathology of linear focal elastosis
Artery
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An artery is a blood vessel in humans and most other animals that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart in the systemic circulation to one or more parts of the body. Exceptions that carry deoxyge
Elastin
…and a minimum of 43% of the change in stiffness of arterial tissue is due to the change in elastin stiffness. Elastin serves an important function in arteries as a medium for pressure wave propagation to help blood flow and is particularly abundant in large elastic blood vessels such as the aorta. Elastin is…
The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the human body.