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Webster 1913 Edition

Cartilage

Car′ti-lage

,
Noun.
[L.
cartilago
; cf. F.
cartilage
.]
(Anat.)
A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
☞ Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under
Duplication
.
Articular cartilage
,
cartilage that lines the joints.
–
Cartilage bone
(Anat.)
,
any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.
–
Costal cartilage
,
cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of
Thorax
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cartilage

CARTILAGE

,
Noun.
Gristle; a smooth, solid, elastic substance, softer than bone, of a pearly color and homogeneous texture, without cells or cavities. It is invested with a particular membrane called perichondrium, which in the articular cartilages, is a reflexion of the synovial membrane.

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