Articular cartilage, especially that found in weightbearing joints, is uniquely structured to withstand tremendous abuse. It can resist crushing by static loads considerably greater than those required to break a…
MUSCLES Characteristically, all living cells, including protozoa and slime molds, contain the contractile proteins actin and myosin. Thus, actin and myosin are present in all the cells of the human…
During the first 3 or 4 years after birth, almost all the bones of the body contain hematopoietic marrow, although regression of hematopoiesis begins in the distal phalanges of the…
