Cartilage and Bone page 7

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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

8. Cartilage and Bone

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8.7 Fibrocartilage

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Section of an intervertebral disc from the tail of a dog.

On the extreme left and right of the image the edges of the two facing vertebrae are visible.

The upper central portion of the field is occupied by the nucleus pulposus, a gelatinous discoid mass surrounded by a layer of fibrocartilage (see the framed area in Figure 8.8).

More peripheral and below the layer of fibrocartilage the dense connective tissue of the annulus fibrosus, bridges the two vertebrae.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×50

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