fibrocartilage

(fi-bro-kar’til-ej) [L. f’bra fiber + cartila’go cartilage]. Any tough and elastic cartilage of which the matrix contains a consider- able amount of white fibrous ti ue. circumrum. See hard f. ἴ. fungo i’des, mycosis funferential f., any fibrocartilage forming a rim goides. hard f., one composed of fibrous ti ue about a joint-cavity. connecting f., any disk of fibrocartilage which attaches opposing bones to each other by synchondrosis. elastic f., fibro-elastic cartilage. inter articular f., any movable plate of fibrocartilage lying between opposed joint surfaces. The principal of these are the acromioclavicular, inter coccygeal, intervertebral, pubic, radio-ulnar, sacrococcygeal, and sternoclavicular. intervertebral f., an intervertebral disk. See under disk. semilunar f’s, two crescentic lamellz (external and internal) which deepen the surface of the head of the tibia for its articulation with the femur. spongy. f. Same as connecting f. stratiform f., such as lines the bony grooves in which certain tendons are placed. white f., a mixture of white fibrous and cartilaginous ti ues.