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Are fingers cartilage or bone

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 9/7/2023

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.

Wiki User

∙ 16y ago

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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.

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.

Is it true that bone cartilage and tendons are muscle tissue?

No, bone, cartilage, and tendons are not muscle tissue.

Is a kangaroo's tail cartilage or bone?

bone

What is between bone and bone?

cartilage I guess.

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