“It looks like bubble wrap,” says Plikus ... The team also found lipocartilage in human ear and nose samples collected from medically aborted fetuses, leading them to wonder whether the ...
A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history.
The ear and the nose are squishy and stretchy thanks in part to ‘bubble wrap’ cells that provide extra cushioning and structural support to various body parts, a wide-ranging study 1 shows.