MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -As mentioned previously, articular cartilage is found on the joint surfaces of bone, providing a low-friction, shock-absorbing motion between bones.

Detailed explanation-2: -The articular cartilage (AC), composed of hyaline cartilage tissue, plays an important role for joint functions; AC acts as a shock absorber, alleviates the friction between bones within joints, and maintains a biochemical homeostasis with the subchondral bone (Sophia Fox et al., 2009).

Detailed explanation-3: -Fibrocartilage is a transitional tissue that derives from mesenchymal tissue that lacks a perichondrium and has structural and functional properties between that of dense fibrous connective tissue and hyaline cartilage.