Assertion: cartilage | /r/HasProperty | avascular
Facets:
value: unlike bone
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Although cartilage is avascular, there are channels called cartilaginous channels in the embryonary cartilage that bring blood vessels for short distances into the cartilage.
text: Cartilage does not contain blood vessels (it is avascular) or nerves (it is aneural).
text: Cartilage is a flexible connective tissue that differs from bone in several ways; it is avascular and its microarchitecture is less organized than bone.
text: Chondrocytes rely on diffusion to obtain nutrients as, unlike bone, cartilage is avascular, meaning there are no vessels to carry blood to cartilage tissue.
text: Although cartilage is avascular, gaseous metabolites and nutrients can diffuse through the aqueous phase of the gel-like matrix to reach the cells.
text: Since cartilage is avascular, as the cartilage increases in bulk, its cells also grow farther and farther from their source of nutrition.
text: Because cartilage is avascular, many small arterioles (A) and capillaries (Ca) are closely associated with the Perichondrium.