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Articular Cartilage
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Which axial skeletal bone has a small flat articular surface?
Facet has a small, nearly flat articular surface
What part of the long bone protects articulating surface?
Articular cartilage, also called hyaline cartilage, is the smooth, glistening white tissue that covers the surface of all the freely moveable joints, such as the knee and shoulder, in the human body.
What is the function of knee cap?
The patella, also known as the knee cap or knee pan, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body.
What is a shallowing basin like depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface?
fossa
A shallow basin like depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface is a?
Fossa
What is the madical term for the kneecap?
The patella, also known as the knee cap or kneepan, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body.
What is the surface of a bone covered with a thick fibrous membrane?
the periosteum covers the bone everywhere there is not articular cartilage
What do you call the oily fluid at the ends of the bone?
synovial fluid is present.it lubricates the articular surface
Definition of facet?
In anatomy, a facet is a classification of bones according to their bone surface features. A facet is a small, flat, articular surface.
Where is dense connective tissue found on the surface of the long bone?
cartilage is dense connective tissue and the cartilage of the long bone is articular hyaline cartilage, located on the outer surface of the articulating portion of the long bone.
What is a thin substance that covers bone?
Articular cartilage
What does the patella protect?
It protects the articular cartliage.
