MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The cartilage matrix is “pliable” or “jelly-like” in nature. This is because of the presence of “Aggregating GAG Chondroitin Sulphate Salt” or “Aggrecan”. This salt imparts flexibility and pliability to the cartilage matrix.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cartilage is a tough but flexible tissue that is the main type of connective tissue in the body. Around 65–80% of cartilage is water, although that decreases in older people, and the rest is a gel-like substance called the ‘matrix’ that gives it its form and function.

Detailed explanation-3: -The matrix of cartilage is made up of glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans, collagen fibers and, sometimes, elastin. Light micrograph of undecalcified hyaline cartilage showing chondrocytes and organelles, lacunae and matrix. Because of its rigidity, cartilage often serves the purpose of holding tubes open in the body.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cartilage is a specialized form of connective tissue produced by differentiated fibroblast-like cells called chondrocytes. It is characterized by a prominent extracellular matrix consisting of various proportions of connective tissue fibers embedded in a gel-like matrix.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cartilage is a type of skeletal tissue made up of chondrocytes. The matrix of the cartilage is secreted by the immature type of cells called chondroblasts. When this matrix surrounds the chondroblasts, the cells become chondrocytes. So, the correct answer is ‘Chondroblasts’.