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NEED TO KNOW Hyaline Cartilage

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Types of Hyaline include

– Articular Cartilage - ends of most bones

– Costal Cartilage - connects ribs to sternum

– Respiratory Cartilage - forms the skeleton of the larynx and reinforces respiratory passageways

– Nasal Cartilage - supports the external nose

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NEED TO KNOW ELASTIC CARTILAGE

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Elastic cartilage -

similar to hyaline except that it has elastic fibers.

– Found in two locations - external ear and the
epiglottis

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NEED TO KNOW FIBROCARTILAGE

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Fibrocartilage -

an intermediate between Hyaline
and Elastic that is highly compressible and has
great tensile strength

– Found in pad-like cartilages of the knee (menisci), the pubic symphysis, and the disks between the vertebrae

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Gigantism (Andre Rene Roussimoff)

• Andre the Giant was born Andre Rene Roussimoff in Grenoble, France on May 19, 1946. He suffered with acromegaly, a disease that results in an increase in the production of growth hormones

• By the age of 17 he stood 6 feet 7 inches and when he died he was 7 feet and 4 inches and 500 lbs.

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Gigantism (Andre Rene Roussimoff)

• Andre the Giant was born Andre Rene Roussimoff in Grenoble, France on May 19, 1946. He suffered with acromegaly, a disease that results in an increase in the production of growth hormones

• By the age of 17 he stood 6 feet 7 inches and when he died he was 7 feet and 4 inches and 500 lbs.

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Gigantism - Overproduction of Growth Hormone leads to increases in bone growth

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Gigantism - Overproduction of Growth Hormone leads to increases in bone growth

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Robert Pershing Wadlow was the World’s tallest man at 8 feet 11 inches died in 1940 at the age of 22

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Sultan Kosen is shown here at 8’ 1 inches and is currently listed in the World’s records as being the tallest man alive

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Leonid Stadnik at age 33 is currently the tallest living man at 8 feet, 4 inches. He has been growing since age 13 and is still growing...in the past two years he has grown 12 inches