Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is wrong regarding the characteristic features of cartilage?

  1. It is insensitive

  2. It contains blood vessels

  3. It is surrounded by the perichondrium

  4. It does not contains calcium salts
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Cartilage has no blood vessels or lymphatics and the nutrition of the cells diffuses through the matrix. This explains the slow  healing  in cartilages.

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