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.
-cartilage not replaced by bones is found in regions where more resilient skeletal tissue is needed; skeletal cartilages can be hyaline, elastic and fibrocartilage. A. HYALINE CARTILAGE-provides support with flexibility and resilience. -it is the most abundant type of skeletal cartilage.