Cartilage

A connective tissue with specialised extracellular matrix, providing support in structures including much of the developing vertebrate skeleton.

Fibrocartilage is connective tissue combining a cartilage-like cellular environment with abundant tensile supporting fibers. It occurs where combined compression and tension must be accommodated, including the pubic symphysis and knee menisci. Its organization differs from both a tendon and ordinary articular hyaline cartilage.

Hyaline cartilage is cartilage with a relatively uniform-looking matrix at the light-microscope scale. It supports structures and provides low-friction articular surfaces at many joints. The visual name does not mean the matrix lacks molecular or fibrillar organization.

cartilage with mineral deposited in its matrix. Mineralization does not convert its histological identity automatically into bone.