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**Encloses bone and muscle insertions within joint capsule
 
**Encloses bone and muscle insertions within joint capsule
 
**Supplied by blood vessels and nerve endings
 
**Supplied by blood vessels and nerve endings
*Articular cartilage covers the articular surfaces  
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*Articular cartilage covers the articular surfaces [[Image:Normal joint cartilage.jpg|right|thumb|150px|<small><center>Normal joint cartilage (Image courtesy Bristol Biomed Image Archive)</center></small>]]
[[Image:Normal joint cartilage.jpg|right|thumb|150px|<small><center>Normal joint cartilage (Image courtesy Bristol Biomed Image Archive)</center></small>]]
   
**Usually, this is [[Bones and Cartilage - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function of Cartilage|Hyaline]], although [[Bones and Cartilage - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function of Cartilage|Fibrocartilage]] or fibrous tissue can substitute
 
**Usually, this is [[Bones and Cartilage - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function of Cartilage|Hyaline]], although [[Bones and Cartilage - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function of Cartilage|Fibrocartilage]] or fibrous tissue can substitute
 
**Articular cartilage is avascular and insensitive
 
**Articular cartilage is avascular and insensitive
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