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. 2012 Nov 14;3(4):799–838. doi: 10.3390/jfb3040799

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Principal components and zonal organization of articular cartilage tissue: (A) fibrils of type II collagen, proteoglycan complexes composed of aggrecan and hyaluronan, and chondrocytes cells; (B) zonal chondrocytes; and (C) zonal collagen fibers. ((B) and (C) are reproduced from Buckwalter et al. [17]).