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

Locate lacunae 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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Fibrocartilage

Connective & supporting tissues

Fibrocartilage

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Combines tensile resistance and compressive support at heavily loaded sites.

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 often form rows
  2. Thick collagen bundles
  3. No typical perichondrial covering
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.

03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

01How do you identify fibrocartilage?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Chondrocytes often form rows. Thick collagen bundles. No typical perichondrial covering.

02Name two examples.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus and pubic symphysis; menisci also contain fibrocartilage.

03How does it differ from tendon?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Fibrocartilage contains chondrocytes in lacunae; tendon shows elongated fibroblast nuclei between dense collagen bundles.

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

Lacunae; Collagen bundles; Chondrocyte rows. Combines tensile resistance and compressive support at heavily loaded sites.

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