CARTILLAGE Flashcards
BONE-MUSCLE
TENDON
BONE TO BONE
LIGAMENT
Tough and felixble form of connective tissue
Cartilage
cartilage is characterized by
ECM with high concentration of GAGs and proteoglycans which interacts with collagen and elastic fibers.
what allows the tissue to bear mechanical stresses without permanent distortion.
ECM
guides development and growth of long bone after birth
Cartilage
avascular
Cartilage
where does cartilage gets nutrients?
from perichondrium
articular cartilage of joints
synovial fluid
Cartilage is consist of
Chondrocytes embedded in extensive ECM communicates via canal helps maintain ECM
Chondrocytes located in matrix cavities called
lacunae
principal collagen type of cartillage
type III collagen
subjected to pulling forces
type I collagen fiber
fibrocartilage
clean appearance
hyaline cartilage
fibrocartilage appearance
madumi