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.
1 is a form of connective tissue transitional between dense connective tissue and hyaline cartilage. 2  Chondrocytes may lie singly or in pairs, but most often they form short rows between dense bundles of collagen fibres. 3  In contrast to other cartilage types, collagen type I is dominant in fibrous cartilage.lastic Cartilage. 1  occurs in the epiglottic cartilage, the corniculate and cuneiform cartilage of the larynx, the cartilage of the external ear and the auditory tube. 2  corresponds histologically to hyaline cartilage, but, in addition, elastic cartilage contains a dense network of delicately branched elastic fibres.