What is the difference between bone and cartilage?

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What is the difference between bone and cartilage?

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Cartilage is thin, avascular, flexible and resistant to compressive forces. Bone is highly vascularised, and its calcified matrix makes it very strong.

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Cartilage is thin, avascular, flexible and resistant to compressive forces, Whereas bone is not.

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