Cartilage

Cartilage , noun

[Latin cartilago; compare French cartilage.]

(Anatomy) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.

Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under Duplication.

Collocations (3)

Articular cartilage , cartilage that lines the joints.

Cartilage bone (Anatomy) , any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.

Costal cartilage , cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of Thorax.