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cartilage

resilient and smooth elastic tissue, rubber-like padding that covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints
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cartilage

Summary

cartilage ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,683 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cartilage is a type of connective tissue[2].
  • cartilage is part of set of cartilages[3].
  • cartilage's Commons category is recorded as Cartilage[4].
  • cartilage's said to be the same as is recorded as cartilage tissue[5].
  • cartilage's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cartilage[6].
  • cartilage's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • cartilage's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • cartilage's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • cartilage's studied by is recorded as chondrology[10].
  • cartilage's development of anatomical structure is recorded as cartilage development[11].
  • cartilage's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/cartilage_2[12].

Body

Definition and Type

cartilage is a type of connective tissue[2].

Use and Application

cartilage is part of set of cartilages[3].

Why It Matters

cartilage ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,683 views/month).[1] cartilage has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] cartilage is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → cartilage tissue
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Studied by → chondrology
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21729, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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