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Cartilage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| name the term used to describe a tissue that has no blood supply | avascular |
| name the dense irregular CT that feeds cartilage | perichondrium |
| chondrocytes/blasts lie within these areas that contain no matrix | lacunae |
| type of fiber found in hyaline cartilage | reticular |
| type of fiber found in elastic cartilage | elastic |
| type of fiber found in fibrocartilage | collagenous |
| cell type found within cartilage | chondrocytes or chondroblasts |
| where is hyaline cartilage found in the human body? | tip of nose, rings of trachea, costal cartilage, ends of bones |
| name the cartilage that forms your embryonic skeleton and is converted to bone as you grow | hyaline |
| where is elastic cartilage found in the human body? | ear and epiglottis |
| where is fibrocartilage found in the human body? | meniscus, intervertebral discs, symphysis pubis |