cartilage
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The condition develops as the tissues within the knee joint, including the cartilage that cushions the ends of bones, gradually deteriorate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Rats treated with the compound experienced significantly less joint swelling, while the structure of their cartilage and synovium returned toward normal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
As cartilage deteriorates, everyday activities such as walking, climbing stairs, and getting out of a chair can become increasingly painful.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
They also showed encouraging signs of slower deterioration in their knee cartilage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Then you broke the crab in half, like a turnover, and picked out the meat from between sections of cartilage.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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
The embryonic tissue that gives rise to all bones, cartilages, and connective tissues of the body is called mesenchyme.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
For ribs 8–10, the costal cartilages are attached to the cartilage of the next higher rib.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
They help to form bones, teeth, nails, cartilages, and hair.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Aaron David Bernstein
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