Discussion
(see cartilage menu)
- chondrocytes occupy lacunae distributed through the matrix;
- chondrocytes are spherical in deep portion, but are flattened toward the periphery of cartilage;
- peripheral lacuna may house a single chondrocyte;
- deeper lacunae may contain two or more chondrocytes;
Histology
- young chondrocytes and chondroblasts have rounded nuclei & may have more than one nucleoli;
- cytoplasm contains elongated mitochondria, a well-developed Golgi apparatus, & varying amounts of glycogen, & occasional lipid droplets
References
- Quantitation of chondrocyte performance in growth-plate cartilage during longitudinal bone growth.
- Elaboration of neutral proteoglycanase by growth-plate tissue cultures.
- The viability of articular cartilage in fresh osteochondral allografts after clinical transplantation.
- Characterization of aggregating proteoglycans from the proliferative, maturing, hypertrophic, and calcifying zones of the cartilaginous physis.
- [Mechanical properties of chondrocytes isolated from normal articular cartilage: experiment with rabbit knees]