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Cartilage - Coggle Diagram
Cartilage
Function
Support soft tissue
Gliding surface at articulations
Model formation of bones
Types of Cartilage
Hyaline Cartilage
Type II collagen
Most abundant cartilage
Elastic Cartilage
Type II collagen
Provides support for shape
Fibrocartilage
Coarse Type I collagen
Behaves like a tendon
Extracellular Matrix
Aggrecans
Hyaluronan
Collagen
Cells
Chondroblasts
Derived from mesenchymal cells and chondrogenic cells
Chondrocytes
Chondroblasts surrounded by matrix
Chondrogenic Cells
Differentiate into chondroblasts and osteoprogenitor cells