cartilage
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Advanced MRI scans can catch early signs of cartilage breakdown, long before a standard X-ray would.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Osteoarthritis, a joint disease causing pain, stiffness and cartilage loss, found her anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Knee osteoarthritis develops as the cartilage that cushions the bones in the joint gradually breaks down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
It does this by reducing friction between your cartilage and joints.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The doctors were going to remove a chunk of cartilage from one of my right ribs and use it to rebuild my face, they said.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
First, the tiny cartilages in the human larynx -- called the arytenoids -- that change the position of our vocal folds, have changed dramatically in whales.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
This ancient fish had separated, independent cartilages encasing the brain, rather than the solid bone or cartilage structure of jawless and jawed fish that followed it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
Androgens produce several complications such as liver dysfunctions prostate gland enlargement, difficulty urinating, premature closure of epiphyseal cartilages, testicular atrophy, infertility, and immune system depression.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
This consists of mesenchyme, the embryonic tissue that will become the bones, cartilages, and connective tissues of the body.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In their ears, and the cartilages of the nose, were inserted rings of silver and brass, with pendants of various shapes; their features prominent and harsh, and their eyes had a wild and ferocious expression.
From The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 by George R. Fairbanks
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