While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...

fibrous fibrocartilage – like cartilaginous scar tissue – instead of the smooth, bouncy hyaline cartilage that covers joints. One possible treatment scientists have been refining is the use of ...

Routinely shoulder joints become degenerative as a product of DJD, or degenerative joint disease, and as such, become pitted and rough to the point that the hyaline cartilage is no longer existing ...

Synovial joints are a key feature of most vertebrate skeletons, providing more mobility and stability compared to other joint types. A synovial joint allows bones or cartilage to slide past each ...

The efficient architecture of our joints, which allows our skeletons to be flexible and sturdy, originated among our most ancient jawed fish ancestors, according to a study published in the open ...

Engineered cartilage from nasal septum cells is treating complex knee damage, thanks to Swiss researchers who developed the ...

The ex vivo cartilage defect model was prepared from cartilage harvested from the KRS patients’ excised knee joints. Only cartilage from the mid-region of the lateral-femoral compartment ...

Horses have three types of joints: cartilaginous ... and the articulating surface of the bones are covered with hyaline (articular) cartilage. Cartilage covers the ends of the bones within ...