Histology of Cartilage - Medicine BM5 NLM1

Histology of Cartilage for BM5 NLM1.

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1. True or false: in both hyaline & elastic cartilage, the chondrocytes form nests?

  • True
  • False
  • Neither
  • I don't know, I'm sorry, I haven't revised this well enough, please accept my grovelling apologies for being utterly inadequate in relation to this question
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2. Which type of cartilaginous growth results in 'growth from within'?

  • Endochondral
  • Intramembranous
  • Appositional
  • Interstitial

3. True or false: Hyaline cartilage has a ground substance with a relatively high water content, and is tranlucent in it's fresh form?

  • Neither
  • I don't know, I'm sorry, I haven't revised this well enough, please accept my grovelling apologies for being utterly inadequate in relation to this question
  • True
  • False

4. Select the statement that best identifies the perichondrium.

  • A connective tissue layer that surrounds the outer surface of cartilage & is essential for growth
  • An epithelial tissue layer that surrounds the outer surface of cartilage & is essential for growth
  • An epithelial tissue layer that surrounds the outer surface of cartilage & is essential for repair
  • An epithelial tissue layer that surrounds the inner surface of cartilage & is essential for repair

5. Which type of fibres are most common in fibrocartilage. and are arranged in bundles between the rows of chondrocytes?

  • Collagen type I fibres
  • Magic fibres
  • Collagen type II fibres
  • Elastic fibres

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