1. Tardigrade
  2. Question
  3. Biology
  4. acts as a shock absorber when tibia and femur come together.

Q. _____acts as a shock absorber when tibia and femur come together.

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Solution:

Cartilage is a watery substance, made up of 65 to of water plus collagen and proteoglycans which form the cartilage matrix and special cells called chondrocytes. Collagen and proteoglycans are the substances which confer the amazing resilience and shock absorption qualities of cartilage and make it possible for the ends of the bones to slide effortlessly and smoothly across each other.