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Why is that an important place to have cartilage between the bone?
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∙ 13y ago
so that the bone doesnt get rubbed with each other!
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∙ 13y ago
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What cartilage articulates from bone to bone?
hyaline cartilage is located in between bones
What is between bone and bone?
cartilage I guess.
What is the smooth tissue that acts as a buffer between bones?
Cartilage is the smooth tissue that acts as a buffer between bones.
What do ligaments and cartilage do?
ligaments connect bone to bone cartilage is a connective tissue
What is the substance called that is between bones?
It's called 'bone marrow', and it's function is the manufacturing of haemoglobin. A patient with leukaemia, (cancer of the blood), would geta bone marrow transplant.
What is the single most outstanding physical difference between bone and cartilage?
The hardness. Bone is stiff and inflexible and cartilage is flexible. Your ears and tip of your nose are made of cartilage.
Why is cartilage important to the skeletal system?
because it turns into bone
Why do arthritis creaking?
Because bone rubbing on bone without cartilage in between creaks.
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.
Why is shark cartilage important to the shark?
cartilage is more flexible than bone making the shark more hydrodynamic.
What type of bone is the diaphysis of a long bone?
You have a primary cartilaginous joint between epiphysis and diaphysis. There is a plate of cartilage between the two. That make it possible for the bone to grow in length. This plate of cartilage is replaced by the bone tissue as the growth ceases.
What is present in bone either bone or cartilage?
Bone starts out as cartilage and as it matures it becomes bone...
