| Name: | Meckel's cartilage |
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| Synonyms: | ventral mandibular cartilage |
| Definition: | Meckel's cartilage is the bilaterally paired, rod-like, cartilaginous ventral component of the lower jaw, or ventral mandibular arch. It is typically resorbed in adults. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001205] |
| Name: | collagen type II trimer |
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| Definition: | A collagen homotrimer of alpha1(II) chains; type II collagen triple helices associate to form fibrils. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005585] QuickGO AmiGO |