Types of cartilage and distribution

Hyaline cartilage:

- MC type of cartilage
- Foetal cartilage
- Growth plate
- Articular cartilage
- Resp. tract (with few exceptions)
- Costal cartilage

Elastic cartilage:

- Rare
- External ear
- Eustachian tube
- Epigottis
- Tip of nose
- Tip of arytenoid
- Corniculate
- Cuneiform

Fibrocartilage: (remember ortho stuff)

- Found near bone / joint
- IV Disc
- Articular disc
- Knee meniscus
- Glenoid/ acetabular labrum
- Tendon insertions

Among elastic and hyaline, memorise any one set to avoid confusion.