cartilage

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

Human trials in Europe are already under way, testing engineered cartilage implants developed at the University of Basel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

At Columbia, scientists envision a future when they will use a patient’s own cells or donor cells to grow new bone and cartilage as a new form of total joint replacement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Hyaline cartilage is smooth and slippery, allowing joints such as the knees, hips, shoulders, and ankles to move freely.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

I held up the spear-shaped cartilage in the breast bone, which most people don’t eat, and bit down with a satisfying crunch.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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 skeletal system includes all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The ribs articulate posteriorly with the T1–T12 thoracic vertebrae, and most attach anteriorly via their costal cartilages to the sternum.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

In their ears, and the cartilages of the nose, were inserted rings of silver and brass, with pendants of various shapes; their features prominent and harsh, and their eyes had a wild and ferocious expression.

From The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 by Fairbanks, George R.