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What type of cartilaginous tissue is found in the inter-vertebral discs?

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Costal cartilage
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Hyaline cartilage
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White fibrous cartilage
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Yellow elastic cartilage
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Solution

The correct option is C White fibrous cartilage
The cartilage which is found in the inter-vertebral discs, commonly known as the fibrocartilage. This type of cartilage is made up of dense collagen fibres. The collagen fibres are white in colour which gives the characteristic feature to this type of cartilage. There are the little amount of chondrocytes and extracellular matrix.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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