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Flexible connective tissue
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cartilage
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Word definitions for cartilage in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cartilage \Car"ti*lage\, n. [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. Note: Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cartilage is a resilient and smooth elastic tissue , covering and protecting the ends of the long bones at joints , and is a structural component of the rib cage , the ear , the nose , the bronchial tubes , the intervertebral discs , and many more other ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults [syn: gristle ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Middle French cartilage (16c.) and directly from Latin cartilaginem (nominative cartilago ) "cartilage, gristle," possibly related to Latin crates "wickerwork."
Usage examples of cartilage.
Daniel had elected to have arthroscopic surgery on both knees, one at a time, for cartilage torn by years of humping big loads down big mountains.
He had studied anatomy and could feel the cricoid cartilage break, collapsing the vocal ligament into her rima glottidis, rendering her mute.
In addition to this the articular surfaces are quite smooth and dense, having no Haversian canals, and they are covered with a layer of cartilage.
Made up of ligaments and cartilage, joints are well lubed to keep your bones moving smoothly.
So as your tendons, cartilage, and nerves rub against the newly formed, yet imperfect, bone, the joints can become inflamed.
By taking extracted glucosamine, you might be able to keep the cartilage pliable enough to help maintain adequate lubrication between your joints and to act as a shock absorber between bones.
They discovered that the crico id cartilage, which is the ringlike structure of cartilage below the thyroid, was broken in two places.
When the hand had been reduced to little more than skeletal, with a few scraps of cartilage and flesh still hanging off it, she bit through the tiny clattering bones, but there was only a dribble of marrow.
Muirhead cites an instance in which a firm, broad strip of cartilage resembling sternomastoid extended from below the left ear to the left upper corner of the sternum, being entirely separate from the jaw.
Only the tough subdermal cartilage sheath had kept the epidermis from dissolving from the inside out, but that was beginning to liquefy, too.
Only the skin without the cartilage should be sutured, and general treatment for encouraging union should be employed.
The cartilage detached easily, allowing me to see that both symphyseal faces were smooth, with some depression relative to their rims.
Nevertheless, in order to test their power of digestion, minute fragments of roast meat, three small cubes of albumen, and three of cartilage, were pushed through the orifice into the bladders of vigorous plants.
It is characterised by the gradual destruction of the central part of the cartilage lining the affected joint.
The secretion, as we have seen, completely dissolves albumen, muscle, fibrin, areolar tissue, cartilage, the fibrous basis of bone, gelatine, chondrin, casein in the state in which it exists in milk, and gluten which has been subjected to weak hydrochloric acid.