Light micrograph of hyaline cartilage. The cartilage is made up of purple-pink matrix material and lacunae (white spaces) in which chondrocytes (cartilage cells) are present. Nuclei of the chondrocytes are seen as the dots in the white lacunar spaces. Haematoxylin and eosin stained tissue section. Magnification: 200x when printed at 10 centimetres.