CARTILAGE. 



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one on another, is termed articular cartilage, and has the 

 peculiarity that, towards the surface, the corpuscles are in 

 groups flattened parallel to the surface, while in the deep 

 parts they are in vertical groups. 



Fig. 19. COSTAL CARTILAGE. 



Fig. 21. PvETicTOAE CAIITIL- Fig. 20. ARTICTOAE CARTILAGE. 

 AGE, from the Epiglottis. Vertical Section. 



A peculiar variety of cartilage, called yellow or reticular, 

 which occurs in the epiglottis and a few other places, depends 

 on the matrix being pervaded with a densely felted substance 

 similar to elastic fibrous tissue, but more brittle. 



