W28/L6

Question 1

What type of collagen is in hyaline cartilage?

Answer 1

Type II

Question 2

What are the comeponents of hyaline ECM?

Answer 2

Type II collagen
GAGs
Hyaluronic acid
Chondronectin

Question 3

How is elastic cartilage different from hyaline cartilage?

Answer 3

The addition of elastin

Question 4

Where is elastic cartilage found?

Answer 4

Ears & ear canal
Epiglottis
Larynx

Question 5

What type of collagen is in fibrocartilage?

Answer 5

Type I

Question 6

What’s the structure of IVDs?

Answer 6

Exernal ring of fibrocartilage (the annulus fibrosis)

Gelatinous centre (nucleus puplosus)

Question 7

How do the osteocytes within bone get their nutrients?

Answer 7

They have processes that extend out into the marrow

Question 8

What’s endosteum?

Answer 8

The CT that lines the inner part of the bone

Question 9

What’s the name of the collagen fibres that penetrate the bone surface?

Answer 9

Sharpey’s fibres

Question 10

Where do we find Sharpey’s fibres?

Answer 10

At the connection of tendon to bone