Joint cartilage

Joint cartilage is the shiny white gristle covering the contact surfaces of the bones in articulating (moving) joints.

Outerbridge Grade 0 cartilage - normal patellar cartilage
Normal joint cartilage of the knee, as observed during an arthroscopy.
Synonyms: 
Hyaline cartilage
Articular cartilage
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Related Content

Articular cartilage repair or regrowth

Part 1b of a course by Dr Kevin Stone on Biologic Knee Replacement.

What's special about hyaline (articular) cartilage?

An overview to help explain why it is important to preserve joint cartilage.

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CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS

Articular cartilage: structural and developmental intricacies and questions. Decker RS, Koyama E and Pacifici M. Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2015 Dec; 13(6): 407–414.

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