GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyaline cartilage is the most common type of cartilage in your body. It lines your joints and caps the ends of your bones. Hyaline cartilage at the ends of your bones is sometimes referred to as articular cartilage .

Detailed explanation-2: -Hyaline cartilage is found in the synovial joints and assists the motion of joints. It is composed of chondrocytes and extracellular matrix. Chondrocytes plays a major role in the organization of extracellular matrix, which is responsible for the biomechanical properties of cartilage tissue.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hyaline cartilage has widely dispersed fine collagen fibres (type II), which strengthen it. The collagen fibres are hard to see in sections. It has a perichondrium, and it is the weakest of the three types of cartilage.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hyaline cartilage contains fibers made primarily of type II collagen only. Fibrocartilage contains type II collagen but also contains abundant type I collagen. Elastic cartilage contains type II collagen and elastic fibers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hyaline cartilage is named for its glassy appearance, and with a few exceptions occurs at the articular surfaces of most bones (see section on fibrocartilage for exceptions), the ventral parts of the ribs, the cartilages of the trachea, the first few bronchi in the rat and in some laryngeal cartilages (Fig. 3.4).