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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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| ==Links== | | ==Links== |