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flexible skeletal tissue found in vertebrates and chordates, made of fibres of a rubbery protein. In most animals the embryo has a skeleton made entirely of cartilage, most of which is replaced by bone as it develops. Some fish, such as sharks and rays, retain a cartilage skeleton throughout life.
Ãâó: www.sedgwickmuseum.org/education/glossary.html
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Firm, whitish substance at the ends of bones. It acts as the body
Ãâó: www.nationalpainfoundation.org/MyTreatment/article...
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tough, elastic tissue that covers and protects the ends of the bones in some of the body's joints.
Ãâó: www.raacademy.com/glossary/Glossary.jsp
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A usually translucent somewhat elastic tissue that composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos and except for a small number of structures (as some joints, respiratory passages, and the external ear) is replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates
Ãâó: www.childrenscolumbus.org/gd/gd.aspx
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With respect to crustaceans, this term is used to refer to hard or pliable chitinous endoskeletal structures such as tendons or connective tissues. (cartilage)
Ãâó: www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/fispoi/manman/s...
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