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cartilage - Coggle Diagram
cartilage
6 zones
middle zone
rounded cells
obliquely packed
deep zone
fibers vertically oriented and anchored to calcified zone
STZ- superficial tangental zone
cells packed together and flatter.
allows water in
calcified zone
transition zone from cartilage to bone
articular surface
subchondral bone
bone baby
PG's throughout
inside the chondrocyte cells
extracellular matrix
fibrilla
proteins:
-collagen
-elastin
collagen:
70% of dry weight
type II
strong as steel
good at tension, unless at compression
elastin:
-uncoil and recoil when stretched
-created longer yield point for tissues
Interfibriliar
ground substance:
-PG's
-water and dissolved electrolytes