Medical textbooks describe three types of cartilage: hyaline, elastic and fibrocartilage. Hyaline cartilage helps bones slide smoothly over each other at the joints; elastic cartilage is very ...

“The main issue with the microfracture approach is that it often results in the formation of fibrocartilage — the same cartilage in our ears — as opposed to hyaline cartilage, which is the ...

Fibrocartilage differs from hyaline cartilage (hard cartilage) in that it is the strongest cartilage. It is found in the intervertebral discs of the spine as well as joint capsules and ligament ...