4 The formation of fibrocartilage is a common response to in

4 The formation of fibrocartilage is a common response to injury of hyaline cartilage. Do you think fibrocartilage would provide an articular surface (ie., the cartilage in joints) as smooth as the original hyaline cartilage? Why or why not? Histology i UNIT 5 117 FIGURE 5.6 Unknown tissues for question 1 UNIT 5 I Histoloay

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The formation of fibrocartilage is a common response to injury of hyaline cartilage.

No, fibrocartilage would not provide an articular surface (the cartilage in joints or in synovial joints) as smooth as the original hyaline cartilage because fibrocartilage is mainly composed of higher number of protein fibers so that it is not possible to form articular surface at the joints