Types
What cartilage is found in the nose
Hyaline
Cartilage is a type of what kind of connective tissue?
Supporting CT
Is the cartilage vascular or avascular?
avascular
What type of growth occurs on the surface?
Appositional
What are the specialized cells of cartilage called?
Chondrocytes
What cartilage is found in the ears?
Elastic
What is the ground substance of cartilage like?
Firm gel
What substance makes up part of cartilages ground substance?
Chondroitin sulfate
What does appositional growth mean?
Growth on the surface
Chondrocytes are found in what?
Lacunae
What cartilage is found in intervertebral discs
Fribrocartilage
What is cartilage's blood supply like?
Avascular
What membrane protects cartilage?
perichondrium
What type of growth occurs within?
interstitial
What structures connect the chondrocytes?
canaliculi
Which cartilage is the most common?
Hyaline cartilage
What type of tissue makes up the perichondrium?
explain what the tissue's function.
Dense irregular CT
fibers are not arranged to be parallel
an example: (organ capsules)
During interstitial growth, what do chondrocytes do?
Divide and produce more matrix
During appositional growth, fibroblasts becomes?
Chondrocytes
What spaces house chondrocytes
lacunae
Match all 3: nose, ears, intervertebral discs.
2. Elastic
3. Intervertebral discs
What is cartilage's ground substance made firm by?
Chondoritin sulfate/firm matrix
What happens to the matrix during interstitial growth?
Chondrocytes produce more matrix
What is the difference between appositional and interstitial growth?
Appostional= surface ; interstitial= from within
What structure allow connections between cartilage cells?
canaliculi