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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