Articular cartilage has a unique structure that makes it very different from any other tissues
in the body. It has such specific roles and functions such as weight bearing with low frictional
coefficient that the main bulk of its structure is based on that alone, thus making it a vascular, and
thereby greatly limiting its self regeneration capabilities. This article aims to review the structure of
articular cartilage and structural changes during osteoarthritis, one of the most common cartilage
degenerative diseases around, and as well as insights into some of the current treatment options
available for cartilage degenerative diseases.
