Medical textbooks describe three types of cartilage: hyaline, elastic and fibrocartilage. Hyaline cartilage helps bones slide smoothly over each other at the joints; elastic cartilage is very ...

Fibrocartilage differs from hyaline cartilage (hard cartilage) in that it is the strongest cartilage. It is found in the intervertebral discs of the spine as well as joint capsules and ligament ...