{"id":3056,"date":"2017-10-28T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T13:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=3056"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T00:02:27","slug":"6-8-cartilage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/6-8-cartilage\/","title":{"rendered":"6-8 Cartilage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong> ELASTIC CARTILAGE<\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> The most important feature of an elastic cartilage is the composition of its extracellular matrix (ECM). It contains a large amount of elastic material, primarily in the form of elastic fibers, as well as varying amounts of type II collagen fibrils.<br \/>\nThis peculiarity gives the ECM a great flexibility as compared to the other types of cartilages. It is found, for example, in the larynx, epiglottis, and external ear.<br \/>\nIn hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections elastic cartilage may look very similar to hyaline cartilage.<br \/>\nSpecial stains (such as Verhoeff&#8217;s stain, Weigert&#8217;s stain) are used to identify elastic fibers in this type of cartilage.<\/p>\n<p>In both images, observe elastic fibers within the cartilage extracellular matrix as well as the  chondrocytes (several highlighted in the upper image when you move the cursor over it).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <\/p>\n<div onclick>\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-8-A.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-8-A-MO.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-8-A.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>External ear. Staining: Weigert. Medium magnification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mol.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mol.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-8-B.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trachea. Staining: Weigert. High magnification.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/6-9-cartilage\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/6-7-cartilage\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href= https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/6-0-cartilage\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3056","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3056"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25517,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056\/revisions\/25517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}