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Type Two collagen is usually found in cartilage, not bone. This can be remembered by using the memory aid "carTWOlage". However, fibrocartilage contains Type One collagen fibres.
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b
Type Two
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Type Three collagen is found in reticular fibres. These are thin fibres that form a delicate net-like framework in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes and other locations where blood and lymph are filtered.
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c
Type Three
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Type Four collagen is the main collagenous component of basement membranes. This can be remembered through the memory aid "Type Four is on the floor".
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d
Type Four
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Type Five collagen is a fibrillar collagen and is essential for the fibrillation of Types One and Three collagen. Classical Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is associated with mutations in Type Five collagen.
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e
Type Five
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Type One collagen is found in bone. This can be remembered by using the memory aid "bONE".
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a
Type One
Concept
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2693
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Collagen
Topic
181
Structure and Function of Cells
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A 23-year-old male is admitted from the Emergency Department after a motorcycle crash. The x-ray shows he has fractured his right femur.

Which of the following types of collagen is found in bone?
a