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Definitions of cartilaginous in various dictionaries:
adj - of or relating to cartilage
adj - difficult to chew
Of, relating to, or consisting of cartilage.
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made of cartilage. |
difficult to chew |
relating to or consisting of cartilage ( the strong stretchy tissue found in the joints): |
Made of cartilage. |
Of, relating to, or consisting of cartilage. |
Having a skeleton consisting mainly of cartilage. |
Having the texture of cartilage firm and tough, yet flexible. |
Cartilaginous might refer to |
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Cartilage is a resilient and smooth elastic tissue, a rubber-like padding that covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints, and is a structural component of the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the bronchial tubes, the intervertebral discs, and many other body components. It is not as hard and rigid as bone, but it is much stiffer and much less flexible than muscle.The matrix of cartilage is made up of chondrin. * Because of its rigidity, cartilage often serves the purpose of holding tubes open in the body. Examples include the rings of the trachea, such as the cricoid cartilage and carina. * Cartilage is composed of specialized cells called chondrocytes that produce a large amount of collagenous extracellular matrix, abundant ground substance that is rich in proteoglycan and elastin fibers. Cartilage is classified in three types, elastic cartilage, hyaline cartilage and fibrocartilage, which differ in relative amounts of collagen and proteoglycan. * Cartilage does not contain bloo |