Cartilage primarily receives its nutrition from ____________________
a. its high level of permeability
b. diffusion
c. a process of joint loading and unloading
ANS: C
Although the synovial fluid providing nutrition to cartilage has a low degree of permeability
allowing for some diffusion, the process of joint loading and unloading provides a larger-scale
exchange of synovial fluid, allowing the more nutrition-rich fluid into the cartilage.
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