Preferred Name |
fibrocartilage |
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Synonyms |
stratified cartilage tissue fibrocartilage tissue |
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Definitions |
The white fibrocartilages admit of arrangement into four groups-interarticular, connecting, circumferential, and stratiform -- WP. EDITOR NOTE: TODO add mineralized Cartilage tissue intermediate between hyaline cartilage and dense connective tissue; contains of abundant collagen fibers; chondrocytes often arranged in columns. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001995 |
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comment |
The white fibrocartilages admit of arrangement into four groups-interarticular, connecting, circumferential, and stratiform -- WP. EDITOR NOTE: TODO add mineralized |
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database_cross_reference |
MESH:D051445 SCTID:91685003 galen:Fibrocartilage NCIT:C32599 Wikipedia:Fibrocartilage XAO:0004028 UMLS:C0684077 VSAO:0000103 FMA:64784 MA:0000108 |
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definition |
Cartilage tissue intermediate between hyaline cartilage and dense connective tissue; contains of abundant collagen fibers; chondrocytes often arranged in columns. |
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depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Gray295.png |
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external_definition |
A mixture of white fibrous tissue and cartilaginous tissue in various proportions. It owes its flexibility and toughness to the former of these constituents, and its elasticity to the latter. It is the only type of cartilage that contains type I collagen in addition to the normal type I[Wikipedia:Fibrocartilage]I Cartilage tissue intermediate between hyaline cartilage and dense connective tissue; contains of abundant collagen fibers; chondrocytes often arranged in columns.[VSAO] Cartilage (tissue) which consists of chondrocytes and collagen, the intercellular matrix of which is an amorphous gel without a well-defined perichondrium[FMA:64784]. |
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has_exact_synonym |
stratified cartilage tissue fibrocartilage tissue |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_relational_adjective |
fibrocartilaginous |
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id |
UBERON:0001995 |
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in_subset | ||
label |
fibrocartilage |
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notation |
UBERON:0001995 |
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prefLabel |
fibrocartilage |
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subClassOf |