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cartilage and joints
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Could movable bones work efficiently if there were no cartilage and ligaments why?
No because the lack of ligaments would stop it from moving properly and even if it could then the lack of cartilage would cause arthritis or worse.
Elastic fibers that connect the ends of bones at movable joints are known as?
I think tendons mostly but it could be ligaments
Structure of a typical synovial joint?
Characteristics ALWAYS associated with synovial joints: synovial fluid, articular cartilage, articular capsule, synovial membrane, capsular ligaments, blood vessels, and sensory nerves. Characteristics SOMETIMES associated with synovial joints: intraarticular disc or mensici, peripheral labrum, fat pads, and synovial plicae
Could you still pierce your cartilage if your cartilage is broken?
You'll have to ask your piercer to check it out for you.
What part of your nose could be dominant?
Cartilage
How could you perform your tasks more efficiently?
You could perform your tasks more efficiently if you planned them out before doing them. When you plan you are ready for anything.
What could be a good definition for truckability?
a movable object that could be moved by another source safely.
What is a long movable body part on an insect?
These could be legs or antennae.
Why can you study bone and not cartilage?
Cartilage could be used to hold our selves together but cartilage is actually unformed bone and Cartilage also is very unstable if you bones so to speak were made of cartilage we would highly unstable and unable to walk like a baby almost
Injured fibrous connective tissues and cartilage are slow to heal because?
Connective tissue and cartilage are avascular, meaning that they have no direct supply of blood flow. As such, it takes more time for nutrients and such to diffuse to that area. This is what causes the slower healing process. Some such areas that could be most affected would the be the meniscus of the knee and ligaments of the knee.
Compare immovable joints with movable joints?
immovable joints can't move and movable joints could move they are the same because immovable joints and movable joints are both made up of two or more jointsDifference: the movable joint moves, and the unmovable joint, does not.Alike: they both consist of 2 joints or more.
What is the purpose of the cartilage bands?
to keep that part of the body soft, if your ear were not made of cartilage then sports could not be played, YOUR EAR WOULD BE BROKEN OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
