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Cartilage, as a rule, is the slowest healing tissue in the human body. The reason for this is the virtual absence of blood flow in this tissue. Most of the nutrition for cartilage comes from synovial fluid, the lubricating fluid in most of our joints. There are other types of cartilage in the body such as hyaline cartilage, forming the connection in the front of the rib cage. This type is also considered avascular, meaning without blood supply.
Bones on the other hand heal much faster than most tissues because of their rich supply of blood. The blood carries the nessecary building blocks required in the healing process.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoThink of bone like wood and cartilage like rubber. Each has its own special properties. Cartilage is much easier to cut with a knife than bone but bone is much more likely to splinter if you twist it than cartilage. If your femur was made entirely of cartilage, it would bend. If your knee wasn't capped with cartilage, the bone ends would grind away, causing terrible pain.
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∙ 13y agono the cartilage is not harder than the bone. if you feel the tip of your nose or the outsides of your ear that is cartilage. it is not harder that your bone
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∙ 12y agoYes. Resilient means "able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed" (Webster's Dictionary). Cartilage IS more resilient than bone.
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∙ 13y agoYes, due to the fact that cartilage is avascular whereas bones are vascular (have a blood supply).
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∙ 11y agoNo, cartilage is much more flexible than bone.
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Tough supportive tissue that is softer than bone?
A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone that but that functions within the skeletal system is called cartilage. Cartilage can be found at the tip of your nose, or in your outer ear.
What is a difference between bone and cartilage. 1. bones are more flexible than cartilage 2. bones are harder than cartilage 3.bones are larger than cartilage?
Bones are of course harder
Do adults have more ribs than children?
Oh gosh no. A child has much more cartilage because a fetus has no bone this is to fit through the birth canal. It takes a child many years for their cartilage to become bone. This is why children have less broken bones than adults. They have not fully converged from cartilage to bone
Does a small baby have more cartilage in its bones than it will have in later life because the cartilage cells are replaced by bone cells?
YesThat is true.
Why are floating ribs easily broken?
Floating ribs are more cartilage than bone so they are more accessible to being broken.
Is bone more primitive tissue than a cartilage?
Cartilage is a far more primitive tissue than bone
Why does bone heal more easily than cartilage?
Because bone is much harder than cartilage
What is an antonym for cartilage?
The opposite of Cartilage Are Ligaments because the cartilage is more flexible than bone.
Explain how the canaliculi allow bone to heal more efficiently than cartilage?
Bone is far more vascular than cartilage, which means the bone receives nutrients/oxygen/other good stuff more and easier than cartilage. Cartilage has almost no blood supply, which makes healing difficult. Hope that helps..
Is cartilage less flexible than bone?
No, it is not. Bone is strong but it doesn't bend easily. Cartilage is more flexible.
Tough supportive tissue that is softer than bone?
A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone that but that functions within the skeletal system is called cartilage. Cartilage can be found at the tip of your nose, or in your outer ear.
Is a sharks tooth cartilage or bone?
Teeth are teeth, neither cartilage or bone. But more similar to bone than cartilage.
Connective tissue that is more flexible than bone?
Cartilage
Why is shark cartilage important to the shark?
cartilage is more flexible than bone making the shark more hydrodynamic.
Are fingers cartilage or bone?
Not really. The nails are more of a compact layered skin structure. Cartilage is more for cushioning and lubrication between bones. Some areas do have a rigid structure of cartilage, but it's softer than nail tissue.
What is a connective tissue that is more flexible than bone?
It is known as cartilage.
What is a difference between bone and cartilage. 1. bones are more flexible than cartilage 2. bones are harder than cartilage 3.bones are larger than cartilage?
Bones are of course harder
