Mesenchymal stem cells in the perichondrium of the hyaline cartilage of fetal limbs have been shown to be pluripotent. 31 However, for practical cartilage reconstruction, it is important to obtain ...

They also found that a perichondrium retains the ability to produce cartilage even when disconnected from the rib and displaced into nearby muscle tissue — further suggesting that the ...

Cartilage is an important structural component of the body. ... Instead, nutrients diffuse through a dense connective tissue surrounding the cartilage (called the perichondrium) ...

When they removed both rib cartilage and its surrounding sheath of tissue -- called the "perichondrium," the missing sections failed to repair even after nine months.

During the end of the first trimester, osteoblasts and blood vessels infiltrate the perichondrium surrounding the hyaline cartilage, at which point the perichondrium becomes the periosteum.

When they removed both rib cartilage and its surrounding sheath of tissue - called the 'perichondrium,' the missing sections failed to repair even after nine months.

A septal hematoma is blood that collects in the space between the septal cartilage and the overlying perichondrium (a cross section of the cartilaginous portion of the nasal septum is shown in ...