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How does the bone replace the cartilage in the body?
Bone does not usually replace cartilage in the body. Instead, cartilage can be converted into bone during a process called endochondral ossification, which is essential for bone growth and development. This process involves the gradual replacement of cartilage with bone tissue.
Why does cartilage calcify?
So when you break a bone you got a reserve storage of bone you can replace your bone with a cartilage and walk again that's why it takes 6 weeks to calcify cartilage so you can have a new bone to walk around on e.g. you break your leg.
What is present in bone either bone or cartilage?
Bone starts out as cartilage and as it matures it becomes bone...
What cartilage articulates with another bone or bone process?
Articular cartilage
What cartilage articulates from bone to bone?
hyaline cartilage is located in between bones
Is a sharks tooth cartilage or bone?
Teeth are teeth, neither cartilage or bone. But more similar to bone than cartilage.
What is the covering of a bone to which ligaments and tendons are attached?
cartilage
What is the term for the process of cartilage turning into bone?
Endochondral Ossification meaning "formed in cartilage.
What do ligaments and cartilage do?
ligaments connect bone to bone cartilage is a connective tissue
Is your ear bone or cartilage?
The human ear (the bit that sticks out of the side of your head) is made of cartilage. However, inside the ear (in the middle hear behind the eardrum) there are 3 bones (the stirrup, the hammer and the anvil) made of bone.
Does Endochondral ossification occurs when chondrocytes replace osteoblasts in the matrix.?
No, you have it backwards. "Chondro" is the prefix for cartilage while "osteo" is the prefix for bone. Endochondral ossificiation is when the cartilage is replaced by bone, so you would have osteocytes moving into the matrix and replacing the chondrocytes.
What is the fraction of the cartilage?
Cartilage is the soft bone in i.e. your ears and nose. A break in this bone is a fraction.
