cartilage
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Knee osteoarthritis develops as the cartilage that cushions the bones in the joint gradually breaks down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Each joint is cushioned by articular cartilage, a type of specialized tissue that covers the ends of bones.
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
For example, the simulations did not account for cartilage, the flexible tissue that cushions joints and can help absorb and distribute stress.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
At least the flesh was tasty and unfishy, and the crunchiness of cartilage was a welcome respite from so much soft food.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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
Costal cartilages connect the anterior ends of the ribs to the sternum, with the exception of rib pairs 11 and 12, which are free-floating ribs.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
This consists of mesenchyme, the embryonic tissue that will become the bones, cartilages, and connective tissues of the body.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The first of these cartilages articulates with a nodule situated a little above the middle of the first bone of the sternum.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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