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How does cartilage help us?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Well cartilage is whats between your bone's, so it kinda works like padding for your bone's.If you didn't have it your bone's would wear down and you wouldn't be able to walk so long story short cartilage helps you walk.

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