A bursa is the sac that acts as a shock absorber between tendon and bone. A rupture of the sac can cause damage as well as severe pain.
Cartilage is important in joint because it acts as a shock absorber.
The shock absorber between bones is called cartilage.
All shock absorbers for automobiles are hydraulic. The shock is filled with hydraulic fluid that acts as a damper to control the bounce of the car. The fluid absorbs the impact and dampens it.
fluid (anonymous)
Cartilage is important in joint because it acts as a shock absorber.
You have the cartilages in the joints, which act as mechanical shock absorbers. But then you have other functional shock absorbers. You have arches in the foot, which act as shock absorbers. Then when you jump down, you have that spring like movement of the legs. That act as a shock absorbers.
The hypodermis is the subcutaneous tissue that lies underneath the skin. The reason why the hypodermis acts as a shock absorber is because it is mostly made up of adipose tissue.
articular cartilage
The air sac at the flat end of an egg acts as a shock absorber and later provides air.
Intervertebral discs
yup.
It is probably the amniotic fluid in the womb that acts as a shock absorber to prevent the foetus from knocks and bumps