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cartilage

[kahr-tl-ij, kahrt-lij] / ˈkɑr tl ɪdʒ, ˈkɑrt lɪdʒ /


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These included fibroblasts and cells responsible for forming cartilage.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

So exercise helps gets this fluid, and the nutrients it contains, to cartilage.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 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

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

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

The sclerotomes consist of an embryonic tissue called mesenchyme, which will give rise to the fibrous connective tissues, cartilages, and bones of the body.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The fourth stage begins at the fourth month, when the tubercles, which are now joined together by cartilages, commence to unfold and are completed by the fifth month.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot




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