Anatomy and Cell Biology 3309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Fluid, Osteoarthritis, Thyroid

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3 different types of cartilage in your body and they all have very different molecular compositions. It is type ii collagen you find in cartilage not type i. Cartilage has very specific functions within the body. Non-fibrillar components become very important in cartilage. In joints (knees, hips) acts as a shock absorber. It dissipates force, the end of the bones (don"t want bone against bone rubbing each other at the end of a joint) If you consider areas of attachment it has a lot of strength (like interverebral disk in the spine is made of cartilage) Elastic cartilage is in your ears (made of cartilage) Main drawback to not having a blood supply is if it gets damaged, no inflammatory response. If you damage your cartilage it doesn"t repair very well, particularly in adults. There is also no nerve supply, don"t have any innervation in any cartilage in. Has few cells in it, 5-10% of total tissue composition (very low)

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