cartilage
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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
Doctors take a small sample of cartilage from a patient’s nose, use it to grow new cartilage in the lab, and then surgically implant it into damaged knee joints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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
The findings raise the possibility that damaged cartilage caused by aging or osteoarthritis could one day be repaired with either a local injection or an oral medication.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
The face looks as if it has melted, exposing the cheekbones, the tip of the nose cartilage, and teeth in a lipless mouth.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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
The skeletal system includes all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body that support and give shape to the body and body structures.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
To render this implement more nearly perfect, an extra bone is added to the nasal bone, being connected with it by strong ligaments, cartilages, and muscles, and termed the snout-bone, or spade-bone, or ploughshare.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
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