cartilaginous tissue

Its hide was tough; its cartilaginous tissue even tougher.

Both are cartilaginous tissues that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.

The breastbone is triangular and relatively small; Padian has suggested it may have been extended at its back with a cartilaginous tissue.

Composed of twisted, cartilaginous tissue.

Yet they do have cartilaginous tissue in their body, even if it is not mineralized, especially in the head, where it forms a primitive cranium.

Scleroprotein is a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye.

Instead of an external calcareous shell, they possess a pseudoconch, consisting of conchioline, a cartilaginous tissue.

Squalamine is antiangiogenic and can prevent the growth of blood vessels in cartilaginous tissue, thus preventing creation of bone in sharks.

White fibrocartilage consists of a mixture of white fibrous tissue and cartilaginous tissue in various proportions.

Open growth plates are characterized by increased numbers of undifferentiated chondrocytes (stem cells) which are precursors to both bone and cartilaginous tissue.

Each pharyngeal arch has a cartilaginous stick, a muscle component which differentiates from the cartilaginous tissue, an artery, and a cranial nerve.

Bone development, i.e. mineralization of cartilaginous tissue, correlates with loss of perlecan and heparan sulfate at the chondro-osseous junction (COJ).

Although the sunfish descended from bony ancestors, its skeleton contains largely cartilaginous tissues, which are lighter than bone, allowing it to grow to sizes impractical for other bony fishes.

The menisci of the knee joint are two pads of cartilaginous tissue which serve to disperse friction in the knee joint between the lower leg (tibia) and the thigh (femur).

MMP-1 (interstitial collagenase) cleaves collagen type I, II, III, VII and X. Therefore, tenascin C over-expression can significantly alter collagen in the ECM and influence tumor cell migration in cartilaginous tissues.

In the southern Indian city of Mangalore, a spicy dish called rakti, made of heavily spiced porcine offal and cartilaginous tissue, is considered a homely indulgence by the local Christian community (observant Muslims avoid pork products, and observant Hindus usually follow a vegetarian diet).