cartilage

Converse of object

• regenerate: Glucosamine Sulfate 2KCl 1500mg provides the optimum daily dosage in just one tablet to help regenerate damaged cartilage.
• rebuild: In rheumatoid arthritis it prevents the immune system from attacking cartilage giving the body the chance to rebuild damaged cartilage.
• destroy: It seems to achieve this by inhibiting those factors which destroy cartilage.

Preposition: in

knee: Lastly, cartilages in the knee may ' go ' , resulting in an inability to straighten the leg.

Adjective modifier

• articular: In places, like joint surfaces, the bone will be covered with smooth articular cartilage.
• hyaline: Hyaline cartilage, with a white translucent appearance, occurs on the smooth surfaces of joints.
• cricoid: Another extension of the lining spans from the anterior membrane to insert into the cricoid cartilage, forming the vocal cords.
• torn: Australian researchers have already repaired torn cartilage on the knees of 10 sheep with this natural glue, which frogs use to trap insects.
• osteoarthritic: Many, but not all, people with osteoarthritis have calcium pyrophosphate crystals in their osteoarthritic joint cartilage.
• costal: There is pain in the costal cartilage, often localized.

Modifies a noun

• explant: Glucosamine inhibits recombinant human interleukin-1 stimulated cartilage degradation in equine cartilage explants.
• degeneration: In osteoarthritis these cells behave abnormally and this behavior leads to cartilage degeneration.
• metabolism: Professor Caterson leads a sub group within the CTB laboratories whose primary focus is cartilage metabolism.
• degradation: In advanced OA however, cartilage degradation associated with high IL-1 levels far outstrips any attempts at repair by these growth factors.
• defect: There are some things we can do to encourage the healing of articular cartilage defects.
• transplantation: NICE has issued its guidance on autologous cartilage transplantation [ ACT ] for defects in knee joints.

Noun used with modifier

• shark: Shark cartilage Growth of cancerous tumors requires a large blood supply.
• collateral: Uncomplicated, normal, progressive ossification of the sound horse's collateral cartilages causes no clinical problems and requires no treatment.
• knee: Meanwhile, Justin Cochrane was out injured with a knee cartilage problem.
• rib: I don't know whether you've ever had a rib cartilage... Erm, not that we know of.