ANAT 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dense Irregular Connective Tissue, Hyaline Cartilage, Elastic Cartilage

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Unique connective tissue: unlike bone and all other connective tissue types, cartilage is avascular, lacking blood vessels. Get oxygen and nourishment from blood vessels in an adjacent tissue, through diffusion. Three types: hyaline: 2nd most flexible, found in nose and at end of ribs, fibrous: least flexible, fewest chondrocytes, found in knee & between vertebrae, elastic: most flexible, contains most chondrocytes, found in ear. Found at the articular surface of moveable joints, walls of the nose, larynx trachea, bronchi, ribs. Articular cartilage: a hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones where they come together to form joints, reducing friction. Elastic cartilage: presence of elastic fibers flexible contains perichondrium found in external ear, eustachian tubes, epiglottis, larynx. More similar to hyaline, but has elastic fibres. Forms loose meshwork, so condensed that we can"t even see ground substance. Bone matrix: two components: organic: cells, fibers, ground substance (collagen, protein, polysaccahrides) Hydroxyapatite (calcium phosphate, calcium hydroxide) calcium carbonate, sodium, magnesium, fluoride.

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