| A | B |
| Hyaline cartilage | Most abundant type of cartilage |
| Elastic cartilage | Cartilage |
| Fibrocartilage | Cartilage in the TMJ and intervertebral discs |
| Mature bone | Located in concentric rings |
| Immature bone | Trabeculated or spongy bone |
| Dense or compact bone | Mature bone |
| TMJ | Endochondral bone formation |
| Volkmann canals | Blood supply at right angles to the Haversian canals |
| Haverisan canals | Main blood supply to bone |
| Mature bone cell sitting in a lacuna | osteocyte |
| Bone forming cell | Osteoblast |
| Bone resorbing cell | osteoclast |
| Bone stem cell | Osteogenic cell |
| Cartilage forming cell | Chondorblast |
| Cartilage ground substance l | Chondroitin sulfate |
| Cartilage stem cell | Chondrogenic cell |