Cartilage

Cartilage is a subcategory of connective tissues. They are known for being partially flexible, made of collagenous and sometimes other proteinaceous fibers, and a chondrin ground substance. All cartilaginous tissues have chondrocyte cells.

Cartilage’s ground substance makes it semi-solid. There are no blood vessels in the tissue; this makes material slow to diffuse through, and cartilage slow to heal in turn.

There are multiple types of cartilage, including:

• Elastic Cartilage;
• Fibrocartilage;
• and Hyaline Cartilage.