Cartilage

Question 1

what type of connective tissue is cartilage

Answer 1

semi rigid unmineralized CT

Question 2

is cartilage vascular or avascular

Answer 2

avascular

Question 3

how does nutrients reach cartilage

Answer 3

diffusion

Question 4

what do chondrocutes in lacunae store

Answer 4

lipid , glycogen

Question 5

intramembranous ossification vs endochondral ossification

Answer 5

intra - no cartilage

endochondral - chon=cartilage precursor present

Question 6

what type of ossification in skull?

Answer 6

intramembranous

Question 7

which part of long bone is ossified first

Answer 7

the diaphysis followed by the epiphysis

Question 8

what does sex hormones do to the epiphyseal plates

Answer 8

speeds up closure

Question 9

what special about spheno occipital synchondrosis

Answer 9

both intramembranous and endochondral

Question 10

maxilla and mandible what type of ossification

Answer 10

intramembranous but at the condylar heads of the mandible its endochondral

Question 11

long-> endo
flat-> intra
skull-> intra
spheno-occipital synchondrosis -> both
spheno -> endo
occipital-> intramembranous
base of skull -> endo
maxilla -> intra
mandible ->intra
(Tmj) condyle - endochondral