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==Types of Cartilage==

==Types of Cartilage==

===Hyaline Cartilage===

===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

***Found in nose, trachea, bronchi, ventral ends of ribs and sternal attachmont

*Found in nose, trachea, bronchi, ventral ends of ribs and sternal attachmont

***Surrounded by perichondrium

*Surrounded by perichondrium

***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===

===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===

===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

***Often in transition with hyaline

*Often in transition with hyaline

***Found in intervertebral discs, tendon/ligament attachment to bone, joint menisci, and articular surface of some joints (such as the temperomandibular)

*Found in intervertebral discs, tendon/ligament attachment to bone, joint menisci, and articular surface of some joints (such as the temperomandibular)

***NO perichondrium

*NO perichondrium

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