The Knee Learning Resource
This refers to the shiny white cap at the end of articulating bones (bones forming joints). The common term would be 'gristle', like the gristle at the end of a chicken bone.
(AKA joint cartilage)
Joint cartilage is also called 'hyaline cartilage' or 'articular cartilage'.
See articular cartilage.
A different variety of cartilage occurs in the meniscus, and in the windpipe.
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