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***Fibrous: outer, dense irregular connective tissue
 
***Fibrous: outer, dense irregular connective tissue
 
***Chondrogenic: inner, flattened cells that differentiate to chondrocytes
 
***Chondrogenic: inner, flattened cells that differentiate to chondrocytes
*Types of Cartilage
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==Types of Cartilage==
**'''Hyaline Cartilage'''
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===Hyaline Cartilage===
 
***Most abundant in the body: glassy, translucent sheen
 
***Most abundant in the body: glassy, translucent sheen
 
***Normally blue-white, smooth with moist surface, Turns yellow and becomes thinner in old age
 
***Normally blue-white, smooth with moist surface, Turns yellow and becomes thinner in old age
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***At sites of articulation, providing resilient frictionless surface that resists compression
 
***At sites of articulation, providing resilient frictionless surface that resists compression
 
***Found at epiphyseal growth plates
 
***Found at epiphyseal growth plates
**'''Elastic Cartilage'''
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===Elastic Cartilage===
 
***Yellow appearance
 
***Yellow appearance
 
***found in auricular cartilage, larynx, eustacian tube, and epiglottis
 
***found in auricular cartilage, larynx, eustacian tube, and epiglottis
 
***Surrounded by perichondrium
 
***Surrounded by perichondrium
 
***Resiliance with added flexibility
 
***Resiliance with added flexibility
**'''Fibrocartilage'''
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===Fibrocartilage===
 
***More collagen ('''Type I''') and less proteglycans than hyaline
 
***More collagen ('''Type I''') and less proteglycans than hyaline
 
***Resists high tensional strain
 
***Resists high tensional strain
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