cartilage
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Synovial fluid also supplies cartilage with key nutrients.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The gradual breakdown of cartilage is known as osteoarthritis, a condition which affects more than 500 million people worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
These cells can grow excessively in rheumatoid arthritis and contribute to inflammation, thickening of joint tissue, and damage to cartilage and bone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Those same mice were also able to eliminate sarcoma tumors, cancers that develop in connective tissues such as fat, muscle, nerves, blood vessels, bone, and cartilage.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The team removed some cartilage from my ribs and partially rebuilt the bridge of my nose.
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
It consists of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The framework of the larynx is composed of four cartilages, which render it at once very strong and sufficiently flexible to enable it to move according to the requirements of the voice.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
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