MICROANATOMY

EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Functions as a shock absorber?
A
hyaline cartilage
B
dense fibrous connective tissue
C
fibrocartilage
D
elastic cartilage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cartilage is a strong, flexible connective tissue that protects your joints and bones. It acts as a shock absorber throughout your body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The type of cartilage that provides support and shock absorption is fibrocartilage. Fibrocartilage is very compressible and resistant, and therefore is well-suited to shock absorption.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fibrocartilage provides the tough material of the intervertebral discs; the intraarticular cartilages of the knee, wrist and temporo-mandibular joints; the articular cartilage of the temporo-mandibular joint and of the joint between the clavicle and the sternum.

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