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cartilage: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.
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Chondrocytes

Locate chondrocytes on this anatomical reference. Read the original plate labels to confirm the view and adjacent structures.

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cartilage: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.

Image: OpenStax / University of Hawaiʻi adapted teaching figures; original contributors credited at source · Source / original · CC BY 4.0 — figure credits at source

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Elastic cartilage

Connective & supporting tissues

Elastic cartilage

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Maintains flexible shape, for example in auricle and epiglottis.

Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.

01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Chondrocytes in lacunae
  2. Elastic-fibre network in matrix
  3. Usually has perichondrium
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

Tap a number to open its reference, zoom in and locate the structure. Numbers stay the same across views. This key follows landmarks visible in the reference images.

Related features & study points (1)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • Perichondrium
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

01How do you identify elastic cartilage?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Chondrocytes in lacunae. Elastic-fibre network in matrix. Usually has perichondrium.

02How does it differ from hyaline cartilage?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

It contains a conspicuous elastic-fibre network, especially with appropriate stains.

03Name two sites.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Auricle and epiglottis; the external-ear lobule itself lacks cartilage.

04Which structures should you point out on this reference?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Chondrocytes; Elastic fibres; Perichondrium. Maintains flexible shape, for example in auricle and epiglottis.

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