what is the difference between cartilage and bone?
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Well, i'm not an expert, but as i understand it, the basic difference, besides the composition, is that cartilage is flexible. the human body uses cartilage to connect the bones to each other so that we have joints and can move in many different ways. It actually has many other functions too. here is a good link to learn more about cartilage:\nhttp://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/sci_ed/grade10/mammal/cart.htm\n\ncomparison of characteristics of both (kinda techinical)\nhttp://bms.brown.edu/curriculum/b189/Lectures/cart-bone-study.htm
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loss of connective tissue between their bones
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LIGAMENTS: They are the tissues connecting 1 BONE with another BONE.\nTENDON:They are the the tissues which runs parallel with bones and direcly attached with it.\nCARTILAGE:They are the semi solid BONES which is present at the places where they reqires.EG. our external ears,nose,between 2 joints cartilages are present.
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An osteocyte, a star-shaped cell, is the most abundant cell found in bone. Once osteoblasts become trapped in the matrix they secrete, they become osteocytes. Osteocytes are networked to each other via long processes that occupy tiny canals called canaliculi, which are used for exchange of nutrients and waste. The space that an osteocyte occupies is called a lacuna (Latin for a pit). Their main function involves maintaining the bone tissue.
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Car·ti·lage    \n \nA tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue found in various parts of the body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx. A major constituent of the embryonic and young vertebrate skeleton, it is converted largely to bone with maturation.\n\nBone    \n\nThe dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component. \n\nThe definitions do not make it entirely clear, but basics first! \n\nCartilage is flexible connective tissue, bone is rigid, inflexible, and calcified. Try bending your upper ear, easy right? That's cartilage. Bone is not flexible (Like your skull.)  \n\nYour question was cut off, did you want to know the difference between a shark skeleton and a human's? A shark skeleton is almost entirely cartilage, a man's is mostly bone, with some connective cartilage.
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medical term for the cartilage fluid is SYNOVIAL FLUID which helps in lubrication of the joint while movement of that joint....
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average human body has 206 bones.  Some have one or two more or less.\n\nas for the joints, I've only had one today...
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bones break down with age and poor nutrition - similalry they show development changes with age and good nutriton\n\nmales and females differ slightly in pelvis and skull and in lnegths and thinckness of bones as do different races etc
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Connective Tissue is bone, muscle, blood, and cartilage. It has a lot of different functions.
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That depends upon the body.  Not everyone weighs the same.  Skeletons also vary.  Then there is the question, "Were you referring to human bodies"?  Different animals have differing bone structures.  Most birds have very light skeletons by comparison to other animals.
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The human skeleton is made of individual or joined bones (such as the skull), supported and supplemented by a structure of ligaments, tendons, muscles, cartilage and other organs.\n\nThe skeleton is not unchanging; it changes composition over a lifespan. Early in gestation, a fetus has no hard skeleton; bones form gradually during nine months in the womb. At birth, all bones will have formed, but a newborn baby has more bones than an adult. On average, an adult human has 206 bones (according to Gray's Anatomy, but the number can vary slightly from individual to individual), but a baby is born with approximately 300 bones. The difference comes from a number of small bones that fuse together during growth, such as the sacrum and coccyx of the vertebral column. An infant is born with pockets of cartilage between particular bones to allow further growth. The sacrum (the bone at the base of the spine) consists of five bones which are separated at birth but fuse together into a solid structure in later years. Growing is usually completed between ages 13 and 18, at which point the bones have no pockets of cartilage left to allow more growth.\n\nNot all bones are interconnected directly. There are 6 bones, the auditory ossicles (three on each side), in the middle ear that articulate only with each other. Another bone, the hyoid bone in the neck, does not touch any other bones in the body, and is supported by muscles and ligaments; it serves as the point of attachment for the tongue.Also some of the ribs called the floating ribs only hang by muscle and are not attached to the spine.\n\nThe longest and heaviest bone in the body is the femur and the smallest is the stapes bone in the middle ear. In an adult, the skeleton comprises around 20% of the total body weight.\n\nBones of the Head\n\n    * frontal bone\n    * mandible\n    * maxilla\n    * occiptal bone\n    * parietal bone\n    * temporal bone\n    * zygomatic bone \n\nBones of the Neck and Chest\n\n    * acromion\n    * atlas\n    * cervical vertebra\n    * clavicle\n    * false rib\n    * floating rib\n    * scapula\n    * spine of scapula\n    * sternum\n    * thoracic vertebra\n    * vertibral column \n\nBones of the Abdomen\n\n    * coccyx\n    * ilium\n    * ischium\n    * lumbar vertebra\n    * sacrum\n    * vertibral column \n\nBones of the Arm\n\n    * carpus (carpals)\n    * epicondyle\n    * epitrochlea\n    * head of humerus\n    * humerus\n    * metacarpus (metacarpals)\n    * olecranon\n    * phalanx (phalanges)\n    * radius\n    * ulna \n\nBones of the Leg\n\n    * calcaneus\n    * condyle of femur\n    * femur\n    * fibula\n    * head of femur\n    * metatarsus (metatarsals)\n    * neck of femur\n    * patella\n    * phalanx (phalanges)\n    * talus\n    * tarsus (tarsals)\n    * tibia
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Bones are not white. Outside the body, bones can be white. Bones are living organs. They are a collection of really hard tissues. Most are grey. See explanationa bove...
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The discs between the vertebrae shrink, through compression and loss of fluid, leading to curvature of the spine and actual physical loss of height.\n\nThe bones themselves DO NOT SHRINK despite what others say, but the cartilage at the joints does wear out
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The largest bone in the human body is known as the femur.  This is the bone that connects your hip and your knee.  A lot of elderly people suffer fractures, (broken bones) of the hip which is the top portion of the femur bone where it goes in a socket.  This socket is something like your elbow or your knee.    from, Jill,R.N.
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The answer to your question is twofold:\n\nThe bone structure of birds is indeed very different from that of mammals and other non-flying vertebrates. Their bones have a resistant outer layer, but the inner part is mostly hollow and in many cases invaded by the air sacs (part of the respiratory system). Therefore they're structurally different.\n\nOn the other hand, the structure of a bird's skeleton is different from mammals too. They have some fusions of bones that contribute to their stability and rigidity, and their hands have only 3 fingers. Their skull has no sutures, most have a keeled sternum and very different vertebrae.
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Cartilage is much more flexible and pliable as compared to bone.In some cases it may also appear translucent when held up to a strong light source.As the others have said,cartilage wont last as long as bone.so if the skeleton is really old then it probably is bone.On the other hand if it is new then look for flexibility and translucency.
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The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are the three smallest bones in the human body.The ossicles are, in order from the eardrum to the inner ear, the hammer, anvil, and stirrup or stapes, so named because of the shape of the bones.\n\nThe "femur or thigh bone" is the longest, most voluminous and strongest bone of the human body. It forms part of the hip and part of the knee.