BIOL-2220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Alkaline Phosphatase, Calcification, Parathyroid Gland

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6. 1 hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage help form the skeleton. The human skeleton is initially made up of cartilages and fibrous membranes, but bone soon replaces most of these early supports. A skeletal cartilage is made of some variety of cartilage tissue molded to fit its body location and function. The cartilage, which contains no nerves or blood vessels, is surrounded by a layer of dense irregular connective tissue, the perichondrium. The perichondrium acts like a girdle to resist outward expansion when the cartilage is compressed and contains the blood vessels from which nutrients diffuse through the matrix to reach the cartilage cells internally. The three types of cartilage tissues are hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage. All three types have in small cavities (lacunae) within an extracellular matrix containing a jellylike ground substance and fibers. Hyaline cartilages provide support with flexibility and resilience. The only fiber type in their matrix is fine collagen fibers.

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