HISTOLOGY
CARTILAGE BONE
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Question
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No
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Yes
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Only in hyaline cartilage
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Only in elastic cartilage
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike most tissues, articular cartilage does not have blood vessels, nerves, or lymphatics. It is composed of a dense extracellular matrix (ECM) with a sparse distribution of highly specialized cells called chondrocytes .
Detailed explanation-2: -Cartilage does not contain blood vessels or nerves. Some fibrocartilage such as the meniscus of the knee does however have blood supply in part. Nutrition is supplied to the chondrocytes by diffusion.
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: -There are no nerves or blood vessels in cartilage, which is found in the joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the throat, and between vertebral disks.