VAN 211: Veterinary Histology and Embryology (2+2)

WHITE FIBRO CARTILAGE

• This is a combination of dense collagenous fibres and cartilage cells. The cells are surrounded by capsules which in turn are surrounded by variable amounts of matrix.
• Frequently, the cells enclosed in capsules, lie in rows between which are dense wavy bundles of collagenous fibres.
• Fibrous cartilage occurs in intervertebral, discs, interarticular cartilage, the glenoid and cotyloid ligaments and the ligamentum teres of the femur.
• It is bound at certain attachment of the ligaments or tendons to bone.