Elastic and

Fibrocartilage
Mishael V. Zoleta
Elastic cartilage
Possesses a perichondrium.
Contains type II collagen fibers
Contains a wealth of coarse elastic fibers
that impart to it a characteristic appearance.
Located in areas like the epiglottis, external
ear and ear canal, and some of the smaller
laryngeal cartilages.
Elastic cartilage. Epiglottis.
Human.
Paraffi n section. 132.
Fibrocartilage
No perichondrium.
Chondrocytes are smaller and are usually oriented
in parallel longitudinal rows.
Contains a large number of thick type I collagen
fiber bundles between the rows of chondrocytes.
Fibrocartilage is present in only a few places,
namely, in some symphyses, the eustachian tube,
intervertebral (and some articular) discs, and
certain areas where tendons insert into bone.
Fibrocartilage.
Intervertebral
disc.
Human. Paraffi n
section. 132.