title: Cartilage content of an immature dog.
abstract: The near total mineral-free and elastin-free cartilage content of a three-month-old mongrel dog was 0.73% of the dry body weight. Extraarticular (costal, tracheobronchial, thyroid, cricoid, nasal septum) cartilage constituted 0.44%; articular, 0.06; intervertebral disc, 0.10; elastic, 0.12 and meniscal fibrocartilage, 0.01%. Articular tissue accounted for only 7.25% of the total cartilage uronic acid. This is the first estimate of the amount and distribution of cartilage in a vertebrate species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Atencia
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McDevitt
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Nile
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sokoloff
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000032:analysis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000032:analysis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004285:Dogs; D009929:Organ Size; D014574:Uronic Acids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014574:Uronic Acids