Cartilage
Cartilage is a fibrous and rubbery connective tissue found throughout the vertebrate skeletal system. As with other connective tissues, the general function of cartilage is to support and co...
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Cartilage
Cartilage is connective tissue that lacks blood vessels, and functions to bind structures together or provide support. Cartilage cushions organs and articulating (flexing) joints in the body...
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Cartilaginous Joints
Joints are the connections, or articulations, between bones. Joints may be classified either structurally, by what material links the bones, or functionally, by how much movement ...
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Elastic Cartilage
Elastic cartilage is found in regions of the body where support, resiliency and flexibility are important. Such places include the lobe of the ear, the eustachian tube of the middle ...
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Fibrocartilage
Fibrocartilage is one of three basic forms of cartilage in the human body. The extremely resilient tissue consists of relatively inelastic bundles of collagen fibers. Fibrocartilage has...
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Hyaline Cartilage
In general, cartilage is a tough, fibrous and blood vessel-free connective tissue that forms flexible linkages (such as in the ribs), supporting structures (such as in the ears and n...
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Cartilage
Cartilage