Based on the beach/pool score, the best time of year to visit Oranjestad for hot-weather activities is from late December to late March.
elastic cartilage in Medicine Expand. elastic cartilage n. A yellowish flexible cartilage in which the matrix is infiltrated by a network of elastic fibers; it occurs primarily in the external ear, eustachian tube, and some cartilages of the larynx and epiglottis. Also called yellow cartilage.
Elastic cartilage has the firmness and resiliency of hyaline cartilage as well as flexibility and elasticity. It is found in jointless organs that frequently encounter bending or folding. In the adult human, elastic cartilage is found. 1  in the pinna of the ear, the external auditory canal, Eustachian tubes,