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1. Which statement correctly classifies cartilage among body tissues?
2. Which set lists the three types of cartilage?
3. What defines cartilaginous tissue in terms of its matrix components?
Which tissue type is cartilage grouped with, alongside bone, blood, and lymph?
Specialized connective tissue.
What are the three types of cartilage?
Hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, and fibrocartilage.
What forms cartilaginous tissue?
A dense network of collagen and elastic fibres embedded in chondroitin sulphate.
What does articular hyaline cartilage lack?
Perichondrium.
Cartilage in connective tissue
One of the specialized connective tissues
Cartilage structure components
Collagen, elastic fibres, chondroitin sulphate
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