Interveebral disc is an example of which category of cailages?: (A) Hyaline cailage, (B) Fibro cailage, (C) Elastic cailage, (D) Fibroelastic cailage
Answer is B. Interveebral disc is a type of fibrocailage. Fibrocailage is characterized by large amount of irregular and dense bundles of collagen fibers in the matrix. It consists of alternating layers of cailage matrix and thick dense layers of type I collagen fibers.