Tissue: Hyaline Cartilage

1. Lacuna with Cell Nest (multiple chondrocytes)
2. Perichondrium (provide cell nutrients)
3. Chondrocyte within Lacuna (round nucleus; clear from lipid drops and glycogen)
4. Chondroblast (flat nuclei, mature into chondrocytes)
*. Matrix (interterritorial between Lacunae)

Tissue: Hyaline Cartilage

1. Lacuna with Chondrocytes
2. Chondrocytes forming Cell Nest within Lacuna
*. Matrix (interterritorial)

Tissue: Elastic Cartilage

1. Perichondrium
2. Chondroblasts (flat nuclei, not in lacuna)
3. Lacuna with Cell Nest
4. Chondrocyte
*. Matrix with eosinophilic staining of large Elastic Fibers

Tissue: Elastic Cartilage

1. Perichondrium
2. Chondrocyte
3. Lacuna
*. Matrix (interterritorial) with black/blue stained Elastic Fibers from Elastin Stain

Tissue: Fibrocartilage (Mixture of Hyaline Cartilage Chondrocytes and Tendon Collagen; contains Fibroblasts)

1. Fibroblasts

2. Chondrocytes (sparse, arranged in rows)

Tissue: Fibrocartilage (Sparse chondrocytes in rows with surrounding connective tissue)

1. Chondrocytes
2. Matrix (basophilic, small amounts)