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
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
In experiments with rats, the substance reduced joint swelling, protected cartilage, and calmed harmful immune activity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Turning the toes slightly inward or outward alters the forces acting on the knee, potentially reducing stress on the affected cartilage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
“I want to have my ear cartilage pierced like Ms. Sandnes.”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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
These cartilages are made of hyaline cartilage and can extend for several inches.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Chondrog′raphy, a description of the cartilages; Chondrol′ogy, the knowledge of the cartilages.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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