NEET2009ZoologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsActual
Which of the following is a transparent tissue?
Options
- ATendon
- BFibrous cartilage
- CHyaline cartilage
- DAll of these
Correct answer
C. Hyaline cartilage
Step-by-step solution
Hyaline cartilage is the most abundant kind of cartilage with no fibres and transparent matrix. It is found upon articular surfaces at joints of long bones from articular cartilage, coastal cartilages at the ventral ends of the ribs. It helps to from the nose, larynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchial tubes leading to the lungs. Fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) carries thick dense bundles of white collagen fibres in matrix. They are the strongest cartilage. They occur in joints between vertebrae and also pubic symph