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Chondrocyte

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

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