HYALINE CARTILAGE. The term "hyaline" means glassy. Note the glassy smooth matrix, free of fibers. This cartilage is found at the articular ends of bones in synovial joints, the nose, and the costal cartilage of the ribs.
ELASTIC CARTILAGE. Found in the ear and epiglottis (the e's go together), the matrix of this cartilage is filled with elastic fibers, giving it maxiumun flexibility. Large fat droplets can often be seen in the chondrocyte.
FIBROCARTILAGE: Restricted to symphysis pubis and intervertebral disks, this cartilage displays a linear arrangement of chonrdocytes. The matrix itself is fibrous there and discontinuous. This is also the cartilage that develops as broken bones heal.
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 4x, BR, Exp 14.9, Gn 1.5, Sat 1.05, Gm .95, - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 10x, BR, Exp 16.5ms, Gn 2.2, Sat 1.10, Gm .95 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 10x, FL Ex.Blu Em. Grn, Exp 608.7ms, Gn 3.0, Sat 1.10, Gm 1.01 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 40x, FL, Ex. Blu, Em. Grn, Exp 552.1ms, Gn 2.7, Sat 1.05, Gm 0.78 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 40x, FL, Ex. Blu, Em. Grn, Exp 355.9ms, Gn 2.8, Sat 1.05, Gm .93 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 40x, FL, Ex. Blu, Em. Grn, Exp 412ms, Gn 3.1, Sat 1.0, Gm 1.01 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 40x, FL, Ex. Blu, Em. Grn, Exp 608.7ms, Gn 3.1, Sat 1.0, Gm 1.01 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 40x, FL, Ex. Blu, Em. Grn, Exp 278.8ms, Gn 2.0, Sat .90, Gm 1.01 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 40x, Exp 90.8ms, Gn 1.7, Sat .90, Gm .70 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner
Elastic Cartilage - Leica DM500, 40x, FL, Ex. Blu, Em. Grn, Exp 412.0ms, Gn 1.5, Sat 1.35, Gm .63 - Photo Credit: Steven Renner