White
fiber cartilage
which is composed of bundles of fibers having the cartilage cells arranged
between the bundles of fibers is found where great strength is required.
Fibro-cartilage deepens the cavities of bony sockets, as in the acetabulum of
the innominate bone and the glenoid cavity of the scapula. It also form the
inter-articular cartilages, as in semilunar cartilages of the knee and the
connecting cartilages as in the intervertebral discs of the vertebral column
and in the pad of the cartilage at the symphysis pubis.
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