Skeletal Cartilage Flashcards

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What are the characteristics of Hyaline cartilage?

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  • provides support, flexibility, and resilience - is the most abundant skeletal cartilage - Is present in these cartilages: Articular, Costal Respiratory and Nasal
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What are the characteristics of Skeletal Cartilage?

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  • contains no blood vessels or nerves - surrounded by the perichondrium (dense irregular CT) that resists outward expansion - Three types: Hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage
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Define articular Hyaline cartilage

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It covers the ends of long bones (which form a joint)

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Define Costal Hyaline cartilage

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It connects the ribs to the sternum

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Define Respiratory Hyaline cartilage

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It makes up larynx, reinforces air passages

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Define Nasal Hyaline cartilage

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It supports the nose

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at are the characteristics of Elastic cartilage?

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  • similar to Hyaline cartilage, but contains large numbers of elastic fibers - found in the external ear and the epiglottis
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Define Fibrocartilage

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  • Highly compressed with great tensile strength - contains collagen fibers - found in the menisci of the knee, pubic symphysis, glenoid (shoulder) and acetabular (hip) labrum and in intervertebral discs
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