Wednesday, February 25, 2015
3 types of cartilage tissue
3 types of cartilage tissue:
- Hyaline cartilage is made of collagen and has a distinctive glassy appearance. It is found inside of joints and inside the respiratory system. A baby is full of this before the bones are totally formed.
- Elastic cartilage made of, you guessed it, elastic fibers. They can bend and snap back, like your outer ear, larynx, and epiglottis.
- Fibrocartilage is made of collagen and is in between vertebrae. Fibrocartilage is something between Hyaline and Dense regular connective tissue because it resists pulling and has strong compression attributes. Anulus fibrosus are the ones in between vertebrae. Menisci are the fibrocartilage specifically in the knee.
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