Fibrocartilage
"Fibrocartilage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of CARTILAGE whose matrix contains large bundles of COLLAGEN TYPE I. Fibrocartilage is typically found in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; TIBIAL MENISCI; and articular disks in synovial JOINTS. (From Ross et. al., Histology, 3rd ed., p132,136)
| Descriptor ID |
D051445
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.165.308 A10.165.382.350
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