The Knee Learning Resource
The term 'tide mark' is used when talking about articular cartilage (hyaline cartilage) - the white gristle that you find at the end of a bone. If the cartilage is stained, and cut into thin slices, and then examined under the microscope, one can see a calcified area of cartilage on the deeper aspect, anchoring the cartilage to the bone. This region looks different from the rest of the cartilage and the line demarcating it is called the tide mark.
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