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cartilage bone

cartilage bone

9.0
A bone that forms inside cartilage before a baby is born, like long arm or leg bones
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑrtɪlɪdʒ boʊn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hueso cartilaginoso
  • During fetal development, the femur is first formed as a cartilage bone before becoming fully ossified.

Examples

  • Most of the long bones in the human body are classified as cartilage bones.

  • Certain fractures can heal differently depending on whether the bone is a cartilage bone or a membrane bone.

  • A cartilage bone forms during development.

  • The cartilage bone is essential for proper skeletal development.

  • During fetal development, the femur is first formed as a cartilage bone before becoming fully ossified.

  • Certain fractures can heal differently depending on whether the bone is a cartilage bone or a membrane bone.

  • Most of the long bones in the human body are classified as cartilage bones.

Surface Forms

cartilage bone singular
cartilage bones plural

Morphology

cartilage + bone

The compound meaning — a type of bone associated with or formed from cartilage — is directly derivable from combining 'cartilage' and 'bone' following common English noun+noun compound patterns. Although it is a technical term, a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer it denotes a bone related to cartilage.

Etymology

The noun cartilage bone comes from how the bone grows in the body: imagine a soft shape of cartilage that later fills with hard bone. That's why the term means a bone that 'forms inside cartilage' during early growth.