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CARTÍLAGO

CARTÍLAGO
CARTÍLAGO
CARTÍLAGO
CARTÍLAGO HIALINO
CARTÍLAGO HIALINO
CARTÍLAGO HIALINO
CARTÍLAGO HIALINO
CARTÍLAGO HIALINO

CARTÍLAGO HIALINO
CARTÍLAGO ELÁSTICO
CARTÍLAGO ELÁSTICO
CARTÍLAGO ELÁSTICO
CARTÍLAGO FIBROSO
CARTÍLAGO FIBROSO

CARTÍLAGO FIBROSO
Monolayer growth of Chondroprogenitor Cells in T-flask (flat surface) (Credit: Image courtesy
of Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology)
Microscopic sections of tissue Specimens of tissue engineered
engineered cartilage are cartilage are tested for viability
stained with Alcian Blue and with confocal microscopy using Electron microscopy reveals the
examined for structural integrity. fluorescent markers  structure of chondron units in
tissue engineered implants.

Scheme of osteochondral
tranplsantation using
mosaicplasty
instrumentation: Cylindrical
grafts have been removed
from the donor site (blue
arrows) and implanted at
the recipient site (red
arrow)

The use of a laser on this specimen of animal cartilage has


destroyed cells up to a certain depth (red area) beyond which
cartilage cells remained viable (green area; confocal
microscopy).

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