Cartilage bone
- Cartilage bone
- Cartilage Car"ti*lage, n. [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.]
(Anat.)
A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under {Duplication}. [1913 Webster]
{Articular cartilage}, cartilage that lines the joints.
{Cartilage bone} (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.
{Costal cartilage}, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of {Thorax}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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