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cartilage

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


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Rats treated with the compound experienced significantly less joint swelling, while the structure of their cartilage and synovium returned toward normal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The 2026 study did not examine long-term cartilage deterioration, so it cannot establish whether these additional walking strategies slow osteoarthritis progression.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The condition gradually damages cartilage, the smooth, protective tissue that cushions the ends of bones and allows joints to move with minimal friction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

These findings do not establish that damaged cartilage was rebuilt or that arthritis progression can be permanently stopped.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

He ate as he made his way back to the arroyo, chewing the soft bone cartilage of pork ribs he found.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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 embryonic tissue that gives rise to all bones, cartilages, and connective tissues of the body is called mesenchyme.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

It seems that the vertebrae in Urodela have at least the following components: perichordal centra, separate basidorsal cartilages, and basiventrals, which are somewhat specialized in their manner of development.

From The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton


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