Differentiate between a bone and cartilage by citing two points. OR – InterviewSolution

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Differentiate between a bone and cartilage by citing two points. OR What are the main difference between cartilage and bone ?

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Differences between cartilage and bone :

S. No	Cartilage	Bone
(i)	The matrix is soft, transparent or semitransparent.	The matrix is hard due to the deposition of inorganic salts such as calcium, phosphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium phosphate etc.
(ii)	In the matrix; there are delicate network of collagen or elastic fibres, in which chondrocytes and lacunae are scattered irregularly	In the matrix, there are osteocytes, lacunae, canaliculi which remain arranged in definite rows known as lamellae.

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