cartilage
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The handheld device, developed by Afferent Medical Solutions, uses two small clips positioned on the tragus, the small flap of cartilage located just in front of the ear canal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
In experiments with rats, the substance reduced joint swelling, protected cartilage, and calmed harmful immune activity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 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
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
He had messed up his cartilage so bad that they had to operate.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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 skeletal system includes all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body.
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
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
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