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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Fibrocartilage




- Discussion:
    - fibrocartilage is composed of bundles of thick clearly defined collagen fibers, along w/ intervening unicellular islands of cartilage arranged in small chains;
    - it has a low content of glycosaminoglycans (2% of dry weight).
    - cartilaginous matrix is small and is noticed only around each chondrocyte;
    - collagenous fibers are usually arrayed parallel to tension on tissue;
    - it is found in symphyseal joints, intervertebral discs & in articular discs;
    - amount of fibrocartilage increases with age as hyaline cartilage transforms into fibrocartilage;
    - fibrocartilage does not have a surrounding perichondrium;




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The potential for regeneration of articular cartilage in defects created by chondral shaving and subchondral abrasion. An experimental investigation in rabbits.

Fibrocartilage.







Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.

Last updated by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD on Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:42 pm