Class 11 NEET Biology Locomotion and Movement

(d) : Hyaline cartilage has a clear, homogeneous, translucent, bluish-green matrix. It often contains a good number of very fine collagen fibres, which are difficult to observe. This cartilage is flexible, elastic and compressible. It is found in the sternal ribs, extremities of leg bones, tracheal and bronchial rings, laryngeal wall, nasal septum and superscapula. Elastic cartilage is found in the pinna, epiglottis, Eustachian tubes and tip of nose. Calcified cartilage is found in the suprascapula of frog. Fibrous cartilage is found in the intervertebral discs and pubic symphysis.