EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Question
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Fibrocartilage
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Elastic cartilage
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Hyaline cartilage
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hyaline cartilage is the most prevalent type of cartilage. It also forms the temporary embryonic skeleton, which is gradually replaced by bone, and the skeleton of elasmobranch fish.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hyaline cartilage is the most widespread and is the type that makes up the embryonic skeleton. It persists in human adults at the ends of bones in free-moving joints as articular cartilage, at the ends of the ribs, and in the nose, larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
Detailed explanation-3: -Collagen is the most abundant structural macromolecule in ECM, and it makes up about 60% of the dry weight of cartilage.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hyaline Cartilage This is the most common form of cartilage in the body and also the weakest type. It is mostly made up of collagen (type II) with relatively few elastic fibres and is surrounded by a perichondrium.