Each isogenous group originated from one chondrocyte which divided a number of times. Notice that there are no blood vessels in cartilage. The C.T. immediately adjacent to the cartilage is called perichondrium. Another example of hyaline cartilage. Elastic cartilage looks just like hyaline cartilage unless the elastic fibers in the matrix are specially stained.
Elastic cartilage is flexible but strong.
If you don't believe me try to yank your ear off. It is usually not very well demonstrated. If the predominant color on your slide is blue and there are some little red things here and there then look closely at the red things and you will see that they are lacunae with chondorocytes in them. The blue stuff is collagen. First, we will look at bone.