cartilage
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Osteoarthritis, a joint disease causing pain, stiffness and cartilage loss, found her anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The good news is that researchers are developing therapies that do what was once thought impossible: regenerate cartilage, boost the knee’s natural ability to heal, and prevent cartilage breakdown in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
This cartilage protects the joints and creates a smooth surface for motion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The gradual breakdown of cartilage is known as osteoarthritis, a condition which affects more than 500 million people worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 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
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 the ribs to the sternum, with the exception of rib pairs 11 and 12, which are free-floating ribs.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In the dog and cat the ribs are thick and almost cylindrical; the costal cartilages are thicker at the margin of the sternum than at their costal extremity.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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