Masterchef judge and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot has dropped as astonishing 147 pounds just nine months after undergoing a sleeve gastrectomy at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Cartilage /ËkÉrtÉ¨lÉ¨dÊ/ is a flexible connective tissue in animals, including the joints between bones, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the bronchial tubes and the intervertebral discs.It is not as hard and rigid as bone, but it is stiffer and less flexible than muscle.hondrification (also known as chondrogenesis) is the process by which cartilage is formed from condensed mesenchyme tissue, which differentiates into chondroblasts and begins secreting the molecules (aggrecan and collagen type II) that form the extracellular matrix.
Growth of cartilage. Unlike bone, which has a hard matrix, cartilage has a flexible matrix which can accommodate mitosis. It is the ideal tissue to use to rapidly lay down the embryonic skeleton and to provide for new skeletal growth.Cartilage grows in two ways.heir chondrocytes are spherical, and the only fiber type in their matrix is fine collagen fibers. Skeletal hyaline cartilages include. 1  Articular cartilages, which cover the ends of most bones at movable joints. 2  Costal cartilages, which connect the ribs to the sternum (breastbone).