interarticular fibrocartilage

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fibrocartilage /fi·bro·car·ti·lage/ (-kahr´tĭ-laj) cartilage of parallel, thick, compact collagenous bundles, separated by narrow clefts containing the typical cartilage cells (chondrocytes).fibrocartilag´inous

elastic fibrocartilage that containing elastic fibers.

interarticular fibrocartilage articular disk.

interarticular fibrocartilage

See articular disk.

interarticular fibrocartilage

Etymology: L, inter + articulus, joint

one of four kinds of fibrocartilage, consisting of flattened fibrocartilaginous plates between the articular cartilage of the most active joints, such as the sternoclavicular, wrist, and knee joints. The synovial surfaces extend over the fibrocartilaginous plates and attach to surrounding ligaments. The fibrocartilaginous plates absorb shocks and increase mobility. Compare circumferential fibrocartilage, connecting fibrocartilage, stratiform fibrocartilage.

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