S.N. | Characters | Hyaline Cartilage | Fibrous Cartilage | Elastic Cartilage |
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1 | Appearance | Bluish white | White | Yellow |
2 | Translucency | Translucent | Opaque | Opaque |
3 | Modified from | Areolar connective tissue | Collagenous connective tissue | Elastic connective tissue |
4 | Covered by | Perichondrium | Absent | Perichondrium |
5 | Ossification | By endochondral ossification | Absent | Absent |
6 | Histology | Groups of chondrocytes covered by homogeneous matrix | Dense collagen fibers with scattered chondrocytes | Rounded chondrocytes in elastic fiber bundles |
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