A cartilage is avascular because it doesn't have any nerve or blood vessels in it, instead nutrients in it are diffused through matrix. It also helps provide support, structure and shape to different parts of our body, such as nose, windpipe, ears, intervertebral discs and ribcage. The cartilages in a good physical shape help you to move easily by allowing your bones to move smoothly over one another, in order to prevent any harm to bones and from rubbing against one another. Cartilage is also referred as cartilaginous tissue. It is not easy to recover, if someone is infected by this disorder. It takes quite a long time to recover depending upon the type of the disorder.

Causes of cartilage disorders:

This disorder is often caused by an injury or a damaged cartilage. In our daily life it is caused by sports injuries, a bent over of a bone in wrong direction etc.

Types of cartilage disorders

There are three types

1) Hyaline cartilage

Hyaline cartilage, mostly contain type '2' collagen fibers which typically makes up the most of cartilage of the body. In order to make the different bones in the body articulate smoothly it lines up the joints of the bones.

2) Fibro cartilage

This is the most rigid and the strongest type of cartilage. It contains type '1' collagen which is tougher collagen than hyaline cartilage (it contains type 2 collagen). Because of its strength, it is mostly found in high-stress areas.

3) Elastic cartilage

It is the most elastic cartilage than of the other types because it contains elastin fibers, it facilitates the elasticity and the immaculate balance of structure. It is typically found in the larynx, outer ear or the Eustachian tubes.