What Is the Function of Hyaline Cartilage?

Hyaline cartilage is widely distributed. Adult cartilage, costal cartilage, and some cartilage in the respiratory tract belong to this type of cartilage. It is translucent when fresh, brittle and easy to break. The fibers in the hyaline cartilage interstitial are collagen fibrils, with less content and richer matrix.

Hyaline cartilage

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Hyaline cartilage is widely distributed, adult

Except for articular cartilage on the articular surface, the surface of cartilage is covered with denser

Cartilaginous growth in two ways

(1) Interstitial growth: also known as intrachondral growth, is through the growth and division of chondrocytes in the cartilage, and then continuously produces matrix and fibers, so that cartilage grows from the inside.

(2) appositional growth: or subchondral growth, is the continuous addition of new chondrocytes to the surface of cartilage through the osteoblasts in the inner layer of the perichondrium, producing matrix and fibers, and expanding cartilage from the surface outward.