cartilage

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Because sharks possess skeletons made of cartilage, their bodies rarely fossilize.

From Science Daily

If doctors suspect you have had a stroke, developed a tumor, or torn cartilage in your knee, they’ll likely prescribe an MRI.

From Science Magazine

The project will include scientific studies to determine the ideal combination of cells to grow new cartilage which will lead to human clinical trials for facial reconstruction.

From BBC

The entire eating experience involves ripping chicken meat off of its bones with your teeth and nibbling on pieces of cartilage.

From Salon

These species, all fish with distinctive skeletons made of cartilage overlaid with rock-hard tiles — a combination that is more flexible than bone — have ancestors that evolved 450 million years ago, long before the doomed dinosaurs.

From New York Times