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.
The perichondrium (from Greek ÏÎµÏÎ¯ (peri 'around') and ÏÏÎ½Î´ÏÎ¿Ï (chondros 'cartilage')) is a layer of dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds the cartilage of developing bone.It consists of two separate layers: an outer fibrous layer and inner chondrogenic layer.erichondrium can be found around the perimeter of elastic cartilage and hyaline cartilage. Fibrocartilage and articular cartilage both lack perichondrium. Perichondrium is a type of irregular collagenous ordinary connective tissue, and also functions in the growth and repair of cartilage.