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Why do bone injuries heal much more rapidly the injuries to cartilage?

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Is cartilage less flexible than bone?

No, it is not. Bone is strong but it doesn't bend easily. Cartilage is more flexible.


Why is there a more elaborate system of canals in bone compared to cartilage?

how the canaliculi allow bone to heal more efficiently than cartilage.


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 bone more primitive tissue than a cartilage?

Cartilage is a far more primitive tissue than bone


Is a sharks tooth cartilage or bone?

Teeth are teeth, neither cartilage or bone. But more similar to bone than cartilage.


What is an antonym for cartilage?

The opposite of Cartilage Are Ligaments because the cartilage is more flexible than bone.


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.


How do you Compare bone to cartilage tissue relative to its resilience speed of regeneration and access to nutrients?

Bone has more resilience, cartilage has faster regeneration, and cartilage is avascular.


Why is shark cartilage important to the shark?

cartilage is more flexible than bone making the shark more hydrodynamic.


Does cartilage have a flexible bone?

Cartilage does not contain bones nor is bone. Cartilage is soft to moderately hard tissue that makes your ear lobes, tips of your nose, joints between bones, and more more objects in your body.


Why do bone injuries heal much more rapidly than injuries to cartilage?

Because of the lack of blood supply to cartilage, (a new technique to hasten healing of injuries is to introduce fresh blood flow into the area) whereas the marrow in bones actually produce red blood cells, and bones are actually a honeycomb like structure, and they are constantly being taken apart, and rebuilt, microscopic bit by bit.