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Role of collagen network in articular cartilage. Artistic impression of Benninghoff’s “arcade model” of collagen fibre organization in human cartilage (Benninghoff, 1925), indicated as dashed white lines originating from the calcified zone (bottom), drawn over solarized micrograph. Hyaline cartilage appears greyish, with embedded chondrocytes (black), underlying subchondral bone white and bone marrow dark.
