Ch 6, 1 skeletal cartilages

Question 1

hyaline cartilages

Answer 1

provides supports, flexibility, resilience, most abundance

end of long bones, coastal cartilages, trachea c rings

Question 2

elastic cartilage

Answer 2

like hyaline, but more elastic

epiglottis, external ear

Question 3

fibrocartilages

Answer 3

collagen fibres-have great tensile strength
intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis, joint menisci
stops bones from moving back and forth

Question 4

growth of cartilages

Answer 4

2 models, appositional and interstitial

Question 5

appositional

Answer 5

chondroblasts in the surrounding membrane (perichondrium) secrete new matrix against external face of existing cartilage

Question 6

interstitial

Answer 6

chondrocytes inside the cartilage divide and secrete new matrix expanding cartilage from within-inside of piece

Question 7

cartilage forms..

Answer 7

the model from which bone is formed

Question 8

calcification of cartilage occurs..?

Answer 8

during normal bone growth and old age