"gristle" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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: cartilage