
Elastin
Biological Role
Elastin enables flexibility in tissues like skin and lungs, vital for functions like breathing.

Aging reduces the natural elastin in our skin, leading to wrinkles.
Scientific Context
Use 'elastin' when discussing tissue mechanics, not general flexibility or stretchiness.

Researchers are studying how elastin contributes to arterial flexibility.
Not Interchangeable
'Elastin' is specifically a body protein, and shouldn't be confused with 'elastic', used for stretchy materials.

The elastin in our connective tissues isn't the same as the elastic in our clothes.
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