However, while scar tissue, called fibrocartilage, fills the area where the cartilage is missing, it does not have the same strength and resiliency as normal articular cartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

The fibrocartilage skeleton and related structures of the ventral pouch of balaenopterid whales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference

The fibers in fibrocartilage give it its toughness, and the cartilage part gives it its flexibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

White fibrocartilage from an intervertebral fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrations. Fig. 295] Reference

Mammals have three types of cartilage: hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The Articular Disk (discus articularis; triangular fibrocartilage) (Fig. 336).    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 6e. Radioulnar Articulation] Reference

This laminar arrangement belongs to about the outer half of each fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 5. Articulations of the Trunk. a. Articulations of the Vertebral Column] Reference

As a result, the cells then change into fibrocartilage cells and heal the defect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

"Microfracture promotes the growth of fibrocartilage, a weaker form of cartilage," Cole said.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The umbilicus is at the level of the fibrocartilage between the third and fourth lumbar vertebræ.    From Wordnik.com.  [XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 8. Surface Markings of the Abdomen] Reference

It rests on the bodies of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebræ, and the intervening fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [VI. The Arteries. 5b. The Common Iliac Arteries] Reference

Between the two portions the rudiment of the intervertebral fibrocartilage is laid down (Fig. 65, C).    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton] Reference

The Articular Disk (discus articularis; interarticular fibrocartilage; articular meniscus) (Fig. 311).    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 5d. Articulation of the Mandible] Reference

There are three specific types of cartilage: hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, and fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The tendon contains a sesamoid fibrocartilage, as it runs under the plantar calcaneonavicular ligament.    From Wordnik.com.  [IV. Myology. 8c. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Leg] Reference

An mri mixed 4 clots particularly showed a tear in the uti and lactation and cipro ulnar fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wii-volution] Reference

In some cases, however, the fibrocartilage between joints will give way; this is called slipping a disk.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

It is regarded as a rudimentary intervertebral fibrocartilage, and in it traces of the notochord may persist.    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium] Reference

The scans were assessed for full-thickness scapholunate, lunatotriquetral, or triangular fibrocartilage complex tears.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Sagittal section through an intervertebral fibrocartilage and adjacent parts of two vertebræ of an advanced sheep’s embryo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrations. Fig. 66] Reference

The laminæ are arranged concentrically; the outermost consist of ordinary fibrous tissue, the others of white fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 5. Articulations of the Trunk. a. Articulations of the Vertebral Column] Reference

Attached to the mandibular condyle is a fibrocartilage meniscus or articular disk, which allows the mandible to move smoothly.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Get your beauty sleep] Reference

The nerve of the pterygoid canal and a meningeal branch from the ascending pharyngeal artery pierce the layer of fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull] Reference

Intervertebral discs: (Amphiarthroses) annulus fibrosus: tough outer layer (fibrocartilage) nucleus pulposus: soft, gelatinous core.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

It arises from the sides of the bodies of the twelfth thoracic and first lumbar vertebræ and from the fibrocartilage between them.    From Wordnik.com.  [IV. Myology. 8. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Lower Extremity. a. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Iliac Region] Reference

MRI detected 19 of the triangular fibrocartilage complex tears, 16 of the scapholunate tears, and nine of the lunatotriquetral tears.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

It slowly resumed the normal position by the elasticity of the intervertebral fibrocartilage, and there was complete recovery in ten days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

On the women's tour, physiotherapists have developed taping methods for injuries specific to tennis, such as a triangular fibrocartilage complex tear.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

These opposed cartilaginous surfaces are connected together by an intermediate lamina of fibrocartilage which varies in thickness in different subjects.    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 5i. Articulations of the Pelvis] Reference

Compared with surgery, MRI sensitivity was 86\% for triangular fibrocartilage complex tears, 89\% for scapholunate tears, and 82\% for lunatotriquetral tears.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

A band of fibrocartilage or bone anchors the medial which soon became constant and associated with pain border of the scapula to the spine. in the Rt hip & knee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

A new study finds previously unidentified fibrocartilage-forming progenitor cells in degenerating, diseased human cartilage, but not in cartilage from healthy joints.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

Compared with surgery, MR arthrography sensitivity for detection of ligament and triangular fibrocartilage complex tears was 100\%, but there were three false positives.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

—The radiate ligament connects the anterior part of the head of each rib with the side of the bodies of two vertebræ, and the intervertebral fibrocartilage between them.    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 5e. Costovertebral Articulations] Reference

The 49 patients who underwent arthroscopy had 51 tears in total, including 22 triangular fibrocartilage complex tears, 18 scapholunate tears, and 11 lunatotriquetral tears.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

This ligament is the homologue of the ligamentum conjugale present in some mammals, and uniting the heads of opposite ribs, across the back of the intervertebral fibrocartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 5e. Costovertebral Articulations] Reference

66– Sagittal section through an intervertebral fibrocartilage and adjacent parts of two vertebræ of an advanced sheep’s embryo.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton] Reference

(2008) Mechanoactive scaffold induces tendon remodeling and expression of fibrocartilage markers.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Triangular fibrocartilage and surgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [humor « WordPress.com Tag Feed] Reference