What's the difference between cartilage and skeleton?

Cartilage


Definition:

  • (n.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The fibrous matrix and cartilage formed within the nonunion site transformed to osteoid and bone with increased vascularity.
  • (2) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
  • (3) To selectively stain polyanionic macromolecules of growth plate cartilage and to prevent artifacts induced by aqueous fixation, proximal tibial growth plates were excised from rats, slam-frozen, and freeze-substituted in 100% methanol containing the cationic dye Alcian blue.
  • (4) Altering the time of PMA exposure demonstrated that PMA inhibited chondrocyte phenotypic expression, rather than cell commitment: early (0-48 h) exposure to PMA (during chondrocytic commitment in vitro) had little inhibitory effect on the staining index, whereas, exposure from 49-96 h (presumably post-commitment) and 0-96 h had moderate and strong inhibitory effects, respectively, on cartilage synthesis.
  • (5) 2) Neurotropin had no effect on the autolytic degradation of cartilage, but promoted the incorporation of 14C-acetate into the proteoglycan in the articular cartilage of rabbits.
  • (6) A complete review of the literature was made which shows that most chondrosarcomas occur in middle-aged males originating most often from the posterior cricoid lamina, next from the thyroid cartilage.
  • (7) For comparison, the expression of genes encoding type II collagen and cartilage proteoglycan core protein was also examined.
  • (8) In osteoarthritic cartilage, compared with normal cartilage, there was no increase in water binding but water content increased by 9 per cent and the avidity with which the newly bound water was held also increased.
  • (9) They were identified by the immunoblotting technique in extracts of chick articular cartilage from various sites and in extracts of cartilage from other species.
  • (10) A lysosomal membrane labilizer, vitamin A, exacerbated the cartilage pathology, whereas a stabilizer, cortisone, retarded it.
  • (11) The complete thyroid cartilage is dissected out, and then a horizontal cut is made through the cricoid cartilage.
  • (12) The buccal glands of adults of the Southern Hemisphere lamprey Geotria australis consist of a pair of small, bean-shaped, hollow sacs, embedded within the basilaris muscle in the region below the eyes and to either side of the piston cartilage.
  • (13) These observations suggest that the function of BMG is to evoke mesenchymal cell differentiation into prechondroblasts during the latent or migratory morphogenetic phase while the effect of the culture medium is to provide the bionutritional requirements for synthesis of hyaline cartilage matrix by chondrocytes during the patent phase of development.
  • (14) The cartilage of the concha is a valuable substitute of the bridge and the posterior wall of the external auditory conduct.
  • (15) the synovium has a) a direct, presumably enzymatic action on cartilage matrix and b) an indirect effect mediated through the chondrocytes.
  • (16) New insights into the biochemical and cell-biological alterations occurring in articular cartilage during the early phase of osteoarthrosis (OA) have been gained in the past decade by analysing experimentally induced osteoarthrosis in animals, mostly dogs and rabbits, while early phases of OA in humans so far have escaped diagnostic evaluation.
  • (17) The use of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the cyanogen bromide derived peptides from fibrous cartilage collagens enabled to calculate type I to type II collagen ratio in this tissue.
  • (18) After transplantation chondrocytes from regenerated cartilage reconstructed cartilage in one out of ten transplants.
  • (19) Chemically isolated separate preparations of the non-aggregating protein-chondroitin-keratin sulphate (PCKS) fraction from the hyaline cartilage and hyaluronic acid (HUA) of the vitreous body and of the umbilicus were investigated by electron microscopy.
  • (20) Standard methods of glycosaminoglycan separation were used to confirm the presence of hyaluronic acid in sheep and rabbit articular cartilage.

Skeleton


Definition:

  • (n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
  • (n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
  • (n.) A very thin or lean person.
  • (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
  • (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
  • (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since all human cadaveric tissue is fixed whilst on the skeleton, we may assume that shrinkage of the muscles in such specimens is negligible.
  • (2) This result indicates that the bone marrow is a very useful material for the detection of diazepam in skeletonized remains.
  • (3) Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica - an epiphyseal developmental disturbance of the skeleton - is combined with exostose-like, tumor-simulating cartilaginous hypertrophy of bone tissue, mainly located at the epiphyses of the lower extremities and at the tarsal bones.
  • (4) Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) was first described in 1868 as "hyperostosis of the entire skeleton".
  • (5) The alveolar stability requires particular properties of both the fibrous skeleton and the alveolar surfactant film.
  • (6) Heart- lung- and skeleton examinations remain unchanged, and represent 71 to 79% of the total number, but there has been a marked charge in other examinations.
  • (7) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
  • (8) In support of this argument, a case of erosive arthritis is reported in a skeleton from Kulubnarti, Republic of the Sudan (c. 700-1450 A.D.).
  • (9) The author describes three systems for (1) the treatment of mandibular fractures; (2) the treatment of midface fractures, for reconstructive surgery of the facial skeleton and the skull, and for orthognathic surgery; and (3) the reconstruction of mandibular defects including condyle replacement.
  • (10) The abnormalities described might bear some relation to the densification of the skeleton seen in pycnodysostosis.
  • (11) The participation of neural crest cells in development of the dermal skeleton is discussed by way of the repartition of the odontods within the pectoral fin.
  • (12) This malformation was demonstrated in alcian-blue- and alizarin-red-stained fetal skeletons by measurements of the distance between the cartilaginous ends of each vertebral arch.
  • (13) A study was undertaken to assess whether CT measurements of the upper craniofacial skeleton accurately represent the bony region imaged.
  • (14) The destabilization of the red cell membrane skeleton in the presence of crude iHCR is caused by release of hemin, which lowers the stability of membrane skeleton by weakening the spectrin-protein 4.1-actin interaction.
  • (15) These data suggest that the main route for the formation of the carbon skeleton of aspartate was by a C(3) plus C(1) condensation, with the C(3) unit derived from the isopropyl carbons of valine and the C(1) unit probably from carbon dioxide.
  • (16) Nevertheless, the band 3 population solubilized by Triton X-100 from prelabeled ghosts was as well phosphorylated as the population of band 3 retained by the skeletons.
  • (17) Seventy-seven patients with metastases confined to skeleton and 73 patients bearing visceral-only disease were identified.
  • (18) The authors describe the maternal transport and delivery of a neonate with a serious disorder that required specialized attention at an hour when most hospitals are staffed with a skeleton crew.
  • (19) (2) It is suggested that the boundaries of the bipolar limb system lie in the girdle skeleton and at the distal end of the limb, respectively, and that it is the apical epidermis of the growing or regenerating limb which defines the distal boundary conditions.
  • (20) In 12 patients with neurofibromatosis of the maxillofacial region distinct changes of the facial skeleton were found, which in localisation and extent largely conformed to the more or less wide soft tissue hyperplasias.