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cartilage

[kahr-tl-ij, kahrt-lij] / ˈkɑr tl ɪdʒ, ˈkɑrt lɪdʒ /


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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

In experiments with rats, the substance reduced joint swelling, protected cartilage, and calmed harmful immune activity.

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

However, they raise the possibility that reducing mechanical stress could help preserve cartilage health over time.

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

These cartilages are made of hyaline cartilage and can extend for several inches.

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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