# elastic fiber

> extracellular matrix part that consists of an insoluble core of polymerized tropoelastin monomers and a surrounding mantle of microfibrils

**Wikidata**: [Q259817](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259817)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_fiber)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/elastic-fiber


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Foundational Model of Anatomy
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. [Source](http://www.bartleby.com/107/104.html)
5. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)