Talk about cartilage ECM.

Appears homogenous in EM, consists of water, mineral salts, GAGs proteoglycans, (aggrecan; hyaluronic acid+ proteins) ,collagen fibers especially type II, and structural glycoproteins (chondronectin, chondrocalcin, fibronectin, tenascin,) also contains nutrients, metabolites, and molecules resulting from chondrocyte activity. Highly basophilic, collagen gives strength and resistance to compression. and deformation