Hyaline cartilage. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze fractured hyaline cartilage from the trachea (wind pipe). A pair of chondro

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Hyaline cartilage. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze fractured hyaline cartilage from the trachea (wind pipe). A pair of chondrocytes (pink) are at centre. Chondrocytes are the only cells found in cartilage, a connective tissue that provides structural support. The cells produce and maintain the cartilage's extracellular matrix (blue). Magnification: x6000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Photo credit: © STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, biological, biology, cartilage, cell, chondrocyte, colored, coloured, connective, electron, extracellular, fracture, fractured, freeze, hyaline, lacuna, matrix, micrograph, microscope, pipe, scanning, sem, structural, tissue, trachea, wind