Cartilage: Trachea

Can you identify this cartilage from the trachea?

Is it hyaline, fibrocartilage, or elastic cartilage? How can you decide?

Test your Knowledge and try and answer these questions.

Question: What do you think the function of the cartilage in this location is?

Question: Some lacunae contain more than one chondrocyte – why is this?

Question: Frequently, the chondrocytes do not fully occupy their lacunae – why is this?

Question: How are chondrocytes nourished?

Question: Where else is this type of cartilage found?

(The answers are in the text on the pages on cartilage).