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cartilage
[n] - tough elastic tissue
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Cartilage
Dense grey or white tissue that is used to support, provide shape or to protect various parts of the body. For example, cartilage is found in the ear, nose and windpipe. It is also found on the ends of bones within joints, to allow the bones to move against each other more smoothly and to cushion th...
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Cartilage
A tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue found in various parts of the body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx. A major constituent of the embryonic and young vertebrate skeleton, it is converted largely to bone with maturation.
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Cartilage
Dense, tough tissue that lines the joints. A cancer of cartilage is called a chondrosarcoma.
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flexible skeletal tissue found in vertebrates and chordates, made of fibres of a rubbery protein. In most animals the embryo has a skeleton made entirely of cartilage, most of which is replaced by bone as it develops. Some fish, such as sharks and rays, retain a cartilage skeleton throughout life
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Cartilage
a connective tissue (softer than bone) that is part of the skeletal system, including the joints
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Cartilage
A complex tissue which has various different types. Perhaps most importantly it forms the smooth lining of most joints, allowing low friction motion. It is assisted in this by synnovial fluid, a thick biological lubricant present in most joints. As a result little wearing out occurs in normal joints...
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Cartilage
Cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue. Cartilage serves several functions, including providing a framework upon which bone growth can begin and supplying smooth surfaces for the movement of articulating bones. Cartilage is found in many places in the body including the joints.
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Cartilage
a type of connective tissue
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Cartilage
Smooth, slippery substance preventing two ends of bones from rubbing together and grating.
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Cartilage
Tissue situated at the ends of bones which is firm, flexible and slightly elastic (gristle).
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Cartilage
Cartilage: Firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints. A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body, such as the larynx and the outside parts of the ears.
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cartilage
Connective tissue dominated by extracellular matrix containing collagen type II and large amounts of proteoglycan, particularly chondroitin sulphate. Cartilage is more flexible and compressible than bone and often serves as an early skeletal framework, becoming mineralised as the animal ages. Cartil...
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Cartilage
Car'ti·lage noun [ Latin cartilago ; confer French cartilage .] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. » Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are n...
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<pathology> Connective tissue dominated by extracellular matrix containing collagen type II and large amounts of proteoglycan, particularly chondroitin sulphate. ... Cartilage is more flexible and compressible than bone and often serves as an early skeletal framework, becoming mineralised as t...
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cartilage
gristle noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
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cartilage
(kahr´tĭ-lәj) a specialized, fibrous connective tissue present in adults, and forming most of the temporary skeleton in the embryo, providing a model in which most of the bones develop, and constituting an important part of the organism's growth mechanism; the three most important types ...
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Cartilage
• (n.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
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cartilage
connective tissue forming the skeleton of mammalian embryos before bone formation begins and persisting in parts of the human skeleton into ... [16 related articles]
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Cartilage
Cartilage dʒ is a flexible connective tissue found in many areas in the bodies of humans and other animals, including the joints between bones, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the elbow, the knee, the ankle, the bronchial tubes and the intervertebral discs. It is not as hard and rigid as bone but...
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cartilage
A microscopic section of hyaline cartilage. The cartilage cells (chondrocytes) exist in little cavities (lacunae) in the smooth, glassy cartilaginous matrix. Photo: NIH/National Cancer Institute A dense type of connective tissue in which the functional component is the rubbery intercellular mat...
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Cartilage
A firm, slightly elastic connective tissue that constitutes the major portion of the fetal skeleton and is present in specialized areas of the adult body. Cartilage does not have any nerves or blood supply of its own.
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cartilage (kär'tulij) , flexible semiopaque connective tissue without blood vessels or nerve cells. It forms part of the skeletal system in humans and in other vertebrates, and is also known as gristle. Temporary cartilage makes up the skeletal system of the fetus and the infant, forming a ...
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Cartilage
Cartilage, or gristle, is a firm and very elastic substance occurring in vertebrate animals. When cut, the surface is uniform, and contains no visible cells, cavities, nor pores, but resembles the section of a piece of glue. It enters into the composition of parts whose functions require the combina...
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cartilage
Type: Term Pronunciation: kar′ti-lij Definitions: 1. A connective tissue characterized by its nonvascularity and firm consistency; consists of cells (chondrocytes), an interstitial matrix of fibers (collagen), and ground substance (proteoglycans). There are three kinds of cartilage: hyaline ca...
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