fi"brocar'tilage

Cartilage in which the matrix or intercellular substance contains 341 a greater or le number of fibers of elastic or white fibrous connective ti ue. See elastic cartilage, under cartilage, and white f. basilar f. A f. which occupies the larger part of the foramen lacerum medium [B. N. A., fibro car til a go basil is]. external semilunar f. See semilunar f's [B. N. A., meniscus lateral is], falciform f's. See semilunar f's. f's of Wrisberg. See cuneiform cartilages, under cartilage, inter articular f. A ring of f. attached to the joint capsule, inter articular f.of the tempo rom axillary articulation. A thin oval plate of f. interposed between the condyle of the inferior maxilla and the glenoid cavity of the temporal bone, intercoccygean f. Ringlike f's between the segments of the coccyx, internal semilunar f. See under semilunar f's [B. N. A., meniscus A layer of f. medians'], or of cartilage inter pubic attached tof. the surface of each pubic bone and united by a layer of fibrous ti ue and f. intervertebral f's. See intervertebral cartilages, under cartilage [B. N. A., fibrocartilagines inter vertebra les]. navicular f. A fibro cartilaginous structure connected with the inferior calcaneoscaphoid ligament, over which the tendon of the tibial is posticus glides, pubic f. See inter pubic f. radio-ulnar f. A triangula.r f attached by its apex at the base of the styloid proce of the ulna, by its base to the edge of the radius, its upper surface resting on the head of the ulna, and its lower on the cuneiform bone. sacrococcygeal f. A f. interposed between the contiguous surfaces of the sacrum and coccyx, semilunar f's. Two crescent-shaped inter articular f's interposed between the head of the tibia and the condyles of the femur, sternoclavicular f. A flat disk of f. between the sternum and the clavicle. tarsal f's. See tarsal cartilages, triangular (inter articular) f. See radio-ulnar f. white f. Cartilage in which the matrix or intercellular substance is composed largely _ of white fibrous ti ue arranged mostly in bundles of parallel fibers, yellow. f The variety that constitutes the cartilaginous structure of the ear, the epiglottis, etc., being of a yellow color and very elastic, and having its intercellular substance made up of long, interlacing, wavy fibers [B. N. A., discus articular is].