U.C.L.A. Rheumatology Pathophysiology of Disease Course Lecture, Second Year Medical School 2005
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Cartilage Schematic: Aggrecan and Collagen Page 12
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Animation: Cartilage Schematic : A schematic of normal cartilage is shown.
Animation: Cartilage Schematic : :A schematic of normal cartilage is shown.
Animation: Cartilage Schematic : A schematic of normal cartilage is shown.
A schematic of normal cartilage is shown.
A schematic of cartilage is shown. The collagen fibers restrain the aggrecan molecules (shown as blue water-filled balls in this model), so that they can only partially absorb their maximal content of water. This leads to a tissue which is highly turgid and which has marked resilience.
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