cartilage

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

However, in rheumatoid arthritis, they can become abnormally aggressive, multiplying excessively, releasing inflammatory substances, and contributing to cartilage damage and tissue scarring.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Instead of focusing directly on damaged cartilage, it targets the abnormal blood vessels that develop around an inflamed joint.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The researchers also did not evaluate whether the treatment slows cartilage loss or prevents patients from eventually needing joint replacement.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 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

For ribs 8–10, the costal cartilages are attached to the cartilage of the next higher rib.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The ribs articulate posteriorly with the T1–T12 thoracic vertebrae, and most attach anteriorly via their costal cartilages to the sternum.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

During the day, the constant pressure upon these joints, while the body is erect, diminishes the thickness of the cartilages; so that a person is not so tall in the evening as in the morning.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison