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#Fibrocartilage. | #Fibrocartilage. | ||
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==General== | |||
Features of cartilage:<ref name=Ref_EH2_178-9>{{Ref EH2|178-9}}</ref> | |||
*Avascular. | |||
*Extracellular matrix with bluish tinge. | |||
*Round cells. | |||
==Hyaline cartilage== | ==Hyaline cartilage== | ||
Revision as of 02:42, 31 December 2010
Cartilage is a type of connective tissue that does not commonly come across the pathologist's desk.
It comes in three flavours:[1]
- Hyaline cartilage.
- Fibrocartilage.
- Elastic cartilage.
General
Features of cartilage:[2]
- Avascular.
- Extracellular matrix with bluish tinge.
- Round cells.
Hyaline cartilage
Features:[3]
- Chondrocytes within small pockets (lacunae) of extracellular matrix.
- Chondrocytes:
- Spherical nucleus.
- Prominent nucleolus.
- Clear cytoplasm.
- Extracellular matrix:
- Blue-white appearance on H&E stain -- key feature.
- Chondrocytes:
See also
References
- ↑ Young, Barbara; Lowe, James S.; Stevens, Alan; Heath, John W.; Deakin, Philip J. (2000). Wheaters Functional Histology (4th ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 173-5. ISBN 978-0004881973.
- ↑ Cormack, David H. (2001). Essential Histology (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 178-9. ISBN 978-0781716680.
- ↑ Cormack, David H. (2001). Essential Histology (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 178. ISBN 978-0781716680.