This chemical energy is stored in carbohydrate molecules, such as sugars, which are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water â hence the name photosynthesis, from the Greek Ïá¿¶Ï, phÅs, light, and ÏÏÎ½Î¸ÎµÏÎ¹Ï, synthesis, putting together.
The human body's own cartilage is still the best material for lining knee joints. This drives efforts to develop ways of using a person's own cells to grow, or re-grow cartilage tissue to replace missing or damaged cartilage.
This is the type of cartilage found in your knee, as well as in between the vertebrae in your spine. Note how many chondrocytes are on this slide-only three! This makes sense, right? You want something like your nose or ear that can be damaged easily to be 'bendy,' so they don't break.