Chondrocyte
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Chondrocytes are the only cells found in healthy cartilage. They produce and maintain the cartilaginous matrix, which consists mainly of collagen and proteoglycans. Although the word chondroblast is c
Light micrograph of undecalcified hyaline cartilage showing its chondrocytes and organelles, lacunae and matrix
Chondrocytes in hyaline cartilage
Proteoglycan
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Proteoglycans are proteins that are heavily glycosylated. The basic proteoglycan unit consists of a "core protein" with one or more covalently attached glycosaminoglycan chain. The point of attachment
Chondrocyte
…kytos) 'cell') are the only cells found in healthy cartilage. They produce and maintain the cartilaginous matrix, which consists mainly of collagen and proteoglycans. Although the word chondroblast is commonly used to describe an immature chondrocyte, the term is imprecise, since the progenitor of chondrocytes (which…
Aggrecan, the major proteoglycan in cartilage, has 2316 amino acids