Structural Organisation In Animals Question 99

Question: All the cartilagenous bones are previously

Options:

A) Elastic cartilage

B) Hyaline cartilage

C) Calcified cartilage

D) Fibrous cartilage

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Most of embryonic skeleton consists of hyaline cartilage.

It later becomes bony.

Cartilage is converted into bone by replacement of chondroblasts with osteoblasts and of chondrin with ossein.

Common cartilagenous bone are humerus, femur, other limb bones, girdles, ribs and vertebrae.