Cartilage is primarily collagen, and bone mainly consists of collagen in combination with calcium phosphate salt called apatite. As you can see, the protein collagen is crucial to the structure of skeletal connective tissue.
Remember, bone and cartilage are living tissues, connective tissue, living cells within an external matrix.
Remember, bone and cartilage are living tissues, connective tissue, living cells within an external matrix.
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