ANATOMY
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SOFT TISSUE
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Tendon
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Muscle
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Ligament
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Cartilage
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many joints have cartilage (KAHRT-uh-lij) on the ends of the bones where they come together. Healthy cartilage helps you move by allowing bones to glide over one another. It also protects bones by preventing them from rubbing against each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -Subchondral tissue. The smooth tissue at the ends of bones, which is covered with another type of tissue called cartilage. Cartilage is the specialized, gristly connective tissue that is present in adults. It is also the tissue from which most bones develop in children.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is cartilage made of? Cartilage a strong and smooth substance made up of “chondrocytes, ‘’ or specialized cartilage cells, that produce a matrix of collagen, proteoglycans (a special type of protein) and other non-collagenous proteins.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cartilage is a flexible connective tissue that differs from bone in several ways; it is avascular and its microarchitecture is less organized than bone. The cells (chondrocytes) are scattered and lie firmly fixed in matrix supported by collagen and elastic fibres.