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"Spiral vessels of the Melon, showing the elastic fibers uncoiled, and the vessels overlapping at their pointed extremities a" — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Melon Fibers

"Spiral vessels of the Melon, showing the elastic fibers uncoiled, and the vessels overlapping at their…

"Along with white fibrous tissue, the yellow fibrous tissue... makes the coats of the arteries, and certain ligaments, elastic." — Blaisedell, 1904

Yellow elastic tissue

"Along with white fibrous tissue, the yellow fibrous tissue... makes the coats of the arteries, and…