Dear coelhinha-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
According to Carole Heath, Associate Professor with ChemE, who is
conducting painful joint studies for NASA, says that unlike the body’s
skin or other tissues, cartilage has little ability to repair itself.
Once cartilage is torn, it can degenerate and potentially lead to
irreversible osteoarthritis. In addition, a piece of free floating
cartilage poses the risk of impeding a joint, causing physical trauma
to other local structures, impeding proper circulation, causing or
resulting in premature bone degeration or interfering with other
internal functions, whereas a common tear in the skin usually does
not.
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Tutuzdad-ga
INFORMATION SOURCES
MARSTON MUSES SPRING 1998 – RESEARCH REPLACEMENT CARTILAGE
http://www1.eng.iastate.edu/muses/spring98/rg2.htm
“Blue Histology - Skeletal Tissues – Cartilage”
http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/Cartilage/Cartil.htm
SEARCH STRATEGY
SEARCH ENGINE USED:
Google ://www.google.com
SEARCH TERMS USED:
FLOATING CARTILAGE
CARTILAGE DEGENERATES |
