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Cartilage vs Pessulus - What's the difference?

cartilage | pessulus |

In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between cartilage and pessulus

is that cartilage is (anatomy) a type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks while pessulus is (anatomy) a delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

As nouns the difference between cartilage and pessulus

is that cartilage is (anatomy) a type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks while pessulus is (anatomy) a delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

cartilage

English

(wikipedia cartilage)

Noun

(-)
  • (anatomy) A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.

    • Synonyms

    * gristle

    Derived terms

    * cartilaginoid * cartilaginous ----

    pessulus

    English

    Noun

    (pessuli)
  • (anatomy) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.
    • (Webster 1913) ----