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hyaline cartilage tissue

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001994


Cartilage tissue primarily composed of type II collagen (thin fibrils) and a glassy appearance. [ http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]

Term info

Label

hyaline cartilage tissue

Synonyms
  • hyaline cartilage
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Hypertrophic_Zone_of_Epiphyseal_Plate.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Gray292.png

external definition

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].

has related synonym

chondroid cartilage

id

UBERON:0001994