{"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":"2026-03-20T12:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:24:46","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 content of its extracellular matrix. It contains a large amount of elastic material, primarily in the form of elastic fibers, as well as varying amounts of collagen.<br \/>\nThis peculiarity gives elastic cartilage pieces a greater flexibility as compared to hyaline cartilages. It is found, for example, in the larynx, epiglottis, and ear.<br \/>\nIts appearance in hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections can be very similar to that of hyaline cartilage. The elastic fibers are not usually stained with this combination of dyes. To properly diagnose elastic cartilage it is very useful to use dyes that demonstrate elastic material (e.g., Verhoeff&#8217;s stain, Weigert&#8217;s stain).<\/p>\n<p>In both images, observe elastic fibers in the cartilage extracellular matrix as well as 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":52,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21018,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056\/revisions\/21018"}],"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}]}}