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Hyaline cartilage
Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x
![Perichondrium: chondrogenic layer <p>Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/T.C.C.H.06.P01.png)
Perichondrium: chondrogenic layer
Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x
![Chondrocytes <p>Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/T.C.C.H.06.P02.png)
Chondrocytes
Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x
![Isogenous groups <p>Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/T.C.C.H.06.P03.png)
Isogenous groups
Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x
![Territorial matrix <p>Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/T.C.C.H.06.P04.png)
Territorial matrix
Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x
![Interterritorial matrix <p>Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/T.C.C.H.06.P05.png)
Interterritorial matrix
Hyaline cartilage is identified by its blue-purple appearance and by its isogenous groups of chondrocytes. The lack of blood vessels in hyaline cartilage means that nutrients and wastes must diffuse through the tissue, thus limiting the thickness of the hyaline cartilage. 400x