0 a type of cartilage that contains groups of collagen fibres (= an important protein found in the body)
The lateral meniscus is also known as the external semilunar fibrocartilage.
It is also referred to as the internal semilunar fibrocartilage.
Intervertebral fibrocartilage, an old name for the intervertebral disc, labeled at center left.
Cartilage is classified in three types, "elastic cartilage", "hyaline cartilage" and "fibrocartilage", which differ in the relative amounts of these three main components.
Structures at risk include the triangular fibrocartilage complex and the scapholunate ligament.
In cases like this, the body will form a scar in the area using a special type of cartilage called fibrocartilage.
Doctors poked holes in the hip bone, making it bleed to generate cells that would reconstitute themselves as replacement fibrocartilage to fill the damaged gap.
It is regarded as a rudimentary intervertebral fibrocartilage, and in it traces of the notochord may persist.
