Cartilage tissue primarily composed of type II collagen (thin fibrils) and a glassy appearance. [ VSAO:0000094 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 PSPUB:0000170 ]
Synonyms: hyaline cartilage
Term information
- XAO:0004029
- FMA:64783
- MA:0000109
- NCIT:C32746
- VSAO:0000094
- Wikipedia:Hyaline_cartilage
- UMLS:C0225362 (ncithesaurus:Hyaline_Cartilage)
- EMAPA:35414
- SCTID:39298000
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Cartilage tissue primarily composed of type II collagen (thin fibrils) and a glassy appearance.[VSAO]
Cartilage (tissue) which consists of chondrocytes and collagen, the intercellular matrix of which is an amorphous gel with a perichondrium[FMA:64783].