cartilage

1. Tough elastic tissue;
   Mostly converted to bone in adults (synset 105295590)
   is a type of: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals
   subtypes:

   • meniscus, semilunar cartilage - (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
   • fibrocartilage - cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
   • hyaline cartilage - translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton
   • arytaenoid, arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage - either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
   • adam's apple, thyroid cartilage - the largest cartilage of the larynx
   has: ground substance, intercellular substance, matrix - the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
   substance holonym: collagen - a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
   substance meronym: cartilaginous structure - body structure given shape by cartilage
   same as: gristle

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