cartilage
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Advanced MRI scans can catch early signs of cartilage breakdown, long before a standard X-ray would.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Osteoarthritis, a joint disease causing pain, stiffness and cartilage loss, found her anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
These included fibroblasts and cells responsible for forming cartilage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Knee osteoarthritis develops as the cartilage that cushions the bones in the joint gradually breaks down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The explosion that followed shook the inside of her ear loose; she was sure that if she bent her head sideways, something hard-soft like cartilage would fall out.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
Costal cartilages connect the anterior ends of most ribs to the sternum.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Somewhat persistent pains in the cartilages of the left lower ribs.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
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