CARTILAGE
TYPES
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Question
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How thick are collagen fibres?
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Very thin
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Very thick
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It varies depending on the type of cartilage
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This is not the answer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Fibrocartilage (Figure 7) has many collagen fibers, making it the strongest type of cartilage. It is found in intervertebral discs, joint capsules, ligaments, and the pubic symphysis.
Detailed explanation-2: -These fibers consist of closely packed thin collagen fibrils (30-100 nm thick in ordinary tissues of mammals), and exhibit splitting and joining in altering the number of the fibrils to form a three-dimensional network as a whole.
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