Shark cartilage — is a dietary supplement made from the dried and powdered cartilage of a shark; that is, from the tough material that composes a shark s skeleton. Shark cartilage is claimed to combat and/or prevent a variety of illnesses, most notably cancer. It… … Wikipedia
Cartilage — Hyaline cartilage showing chondrocytes and organelles, lacunae and matrix Cartilage … Wikipedia
Shark — Taxobox name = Shark fossil range = Late Devonian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis =… … Wikipedia
Shark finning — Nageoire dorsale d un requin à pointes noires. Le shark finning est une activité consistant à pêcher spécifiquement des requins pour leur couper uniquement les nageoires qui serviront à la préparation d une soupe traditionnelle chinoise.… … Wikipédia en Français
Shark fin soup — Chinese pic=Sharksfin.jpg|picsize=250px|picc l=Fish fin|t=|s=鱼翅|j=jyu4 ci3|p=yú chì|w=yü ch4Shark fin soup (or shark s fin soup) is a Chinese cuisine delicacy since Ming Dynasty, commonly served as part of a Chinese feast, usually at special… … Wikipedia
Shark tooth — Shark teeth are relics of shark evolution and biology. Shark skeletons are composed entirely of cartilage. Often the only parts of the shark to survive as fossils are teeth. Fossil shark teeth have been dated back hundreds of millions of years.… … Wikipedia
cartilage — /kahr tl ij, kahrt lij/, n. Anat., Zool. 1. a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whitish or yellowish color; gristle. 2. a part or structure composed of cartilage. [1350 1400; ME ( < MF) < L cartilago gristle] * *… … Universalium
Basking shark — Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Present[1] … Wikipedia
Meckelian cartilage — The Meckelian Cartilage, also known as Meckel s Cartilage , is a piece of cartilage ( gristle ) from which the mandibles (lower jaws) of vertebrates evolved. Originally it was the lower of two cartilages which supported the first gill arch… … Wikipedia
Banjo shark — Taxobox name = Banjo shark status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes ordo = Rajiformes familia = Platyrhinidae genus = Platyrhinoidis species = P. triseriata binomial = Platyrhinoidis… … Wikipedia