cartilage

(kar'tJ-lej) [L. cartilago, gristle.] connective ti ue substance characterized by its non vascularity and by a homogeneous or fibrillated basement substance containing mucin, gelatin, and chondrin; there are three kinds of cartilage called hyaline cartilage, fibrocariilage, and fibro- elastic cartilage; see below, acce 'ory c, a sesamoid c. acce 'ory quad'rate t., cartilage a lari minor[BNA]. alar c, see under cart«7ago. ann's ular c, cricoid c. aor'tic c, the cartilage of the second rib on the right side behind which is the arch of the aorta, arthro'dial c, artic'ular c, the c. covering the artictUar surfaces of the bones forming a joint, aryt'enoid c, see under cartilago. au'ditory c, auditory capsule.* auric'ular c, the the cartilage of the concha or auricle, bone c, the animal matter of bone left after di olving out the earthy matters with acid, ostein, u. bone, one formed from the o ification of cartilage, t. capsule, the ground substance in hyaline cartilage surrounding the lacunffi in which lie the c. cells. c. cell, a connective-ti ue cell lying in one of the lacunae or spaces in the ground substances of cartilage, u. corpuscle, c. cell. c. space, a. lacuna in the ground hyaline c. in which lies a cartilage cell, cell'ular c, an embryonic cartilage formed chiefly of cells with very little ground substance, central c, a minute opacity in the center of the crystalline lens, cil'iaxy c, tarsal c. circumferen'tial c, labrum glenoid ale [BNA]. conchal c, auricular c, cartilago auriculae [BNA]. connect'ing t., the cartilage in an immovable joint such as one of the sutures of the skull or the symphisis pubis, costal c, the cartilage forming the anterior continuation of a rib. cricoid c, see under cartilago. cu'neiform w., see under cartilago. den'tinal c, the animal matter of dentine remaining when the earthy matter has been di olved out with acid, diarthro'dial c, articular c. elas'tic c, fibro elastic c. en's iform c, proce us xiphoideus [BNA]. epac'tile c, cartilago sesamoidea nas i [BNA]- epiphys'eal c, the disc of c. between the shaft and the epiphysis of a long bone. Eusta'chi an c, "cartilago tubae auditivse B NA] fi"brocar'tilage, a form in which [ the basement substance is fibrillated, the fibers being arranged in bundles which interlace in all directions, fibroelas'tic c, a variety in which the cells are surrounded by a capsule of homogeneous basement substance, outside of which is an interlacing framework of elastic fibers in the basement substance many granules of the same appearance; as the elastic fibers, called elastic granules, are also present in the basement substance, floating c, a loose meniscus articular is, especially in the knee-joint, gin'gival c, the fibrous ti ue closing the open end of the loculus containing the unerupted tooth crown in the infant, hy'aline c, the usual form of permanent, non-artictdar cartilage, in which the cells are embedded in a homogeneous or finely granular basement substance, innom'inate c, cricoid c. inter artic'ular c, discus inter articular is [BNA]. intero 'eous c, connecting c. intenrer'tebral c, fibro oar til a go inter vertebra Us [BNA]. intrathy'roid c, a narrow slip of c. joining the alae of the thyroid gland in infancy. invest'ing c, articular c. lat'eral c, one of the cartilages from the extremity of the third phalanx or OS ped is of the horse pa ing down to the heel of the hoof, loose c, floating c mandib'ular c, an embryonic c, Meckel's c, which forms the malleus and its handle, and also the mandible, me'- atal c, the cartilaginous portion of the external auditory meatus formed by the internal prolongation of the auricular c. mu'cronate c, ensiform u., proce us xiphoideus [BNA]. obdu'cent c, articular c. parachor'dal c, the anterior cartilaginous investment of the notochord preceding the formation of the chondrocranium. parasep'tal li., cartilago vomeronasal is [BNA].