Cartilage has a number of purposes around the body. Cartilage is present in joints in various forms:
Fibrocartilage: found in the sutures of the skull where it joins the bony plates together.
Hyaline cartilage: found on the articulating surfaces of bones, where it provides lubrication for joints to enable ease of motion. This form of cartilage also forms the fetal skeleton before it becomes proper bone via the process of ossification.
Elastic cartilage: Found in the earlobes and the suspensory ligament of the penis. This cartilage can stretch and regain it's original shape and length without sustaining damage.
hyaline cartilage A Hyaline cartilage, but lacking perichondrion
Cartilage tissue.
hyaline cartilage A Hyaline cartilage, but lacking perichondrion
Cartilage in the elbow joint and knee joint cushion the bones in the joints so the easily glide over each other. As you age, these become thinner and finally disappear. The joint then are very painful.
The most prominent cartilage in the anterior larynx is the thyroid cartilage. The thyroid cartilage is a shield shaped structure made of hyaline cartilage.
hyaline cartilage
hyaline cartilage
The cartilage that forms the Adam's apple is the thyroid cartilage.
Articulare cartilage is hyaline cartilage and it is a milky color.
Tagalog of cartilage: kartilogo
Combining forms for cartilage are: chondr/i or chondr/o
The most inferior cartilage of the larynx is the cricoid cartilage. It forms a complete ring structure located just below the thyroid cartilage.