KNES 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Elastin, Hyaline Cartilage, Knee Replacement

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18 Sep 2018
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Ends of bones covered by hyaline cartilage. Purpose is to provide protection for these joints. More resistant to deformation than fibrous connective tissue and more resilient than bone. When people have a knee replacement they are essentially replacing their articular cartilage. No blood supply; nourished by synovial fluid. Often times the muscles surrounding that joint will watch to that joint. Helps when you get to your yield point and the muscle will contract to help keep the bones together and everything in place. Inner layer of the articular capsule is the synovial membrane. Keep the bone in the place they are supposed to be. Collagen and elastin intermixed (contain elastin- more elastic than tendons) Need elastin because it needs to have a little give for the joints to move. Has the ability to resist large tensile loads along the long axis of the ligament and smaller loads from other directions.

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