GLOSSARY

Hyaline cartilage is the most abundant type of cartilage in the body, with a glassy, smooth, bluish-white appearance.
The word comes from the Greek hyalos, meaning “glass”.

Structure

Hyaline cartilage consists of cartilage cells, or chondrocytes, in small spaces, fine type II collagen fibres, and ground substance rich in proteoglycans and water; it has no blood vessels, nerves, or lymphatics.

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