Words related to "Bone and Cartilage Disorders": OneLook

(medicine) A cartilage-like nodule, growth or other structure, which is not part of the normal anatomy.

Alternative form of chondrigen [(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.]

chondron

(anatomy) A chondrocyte and its associated pericellular microenvironment considered as a unit

neurothekeoma

A myxoma composed of cords and nests of large cells packed among collagen bundles in close proximity to small nerves.

osseocartilaginous

adj

Alternative form of osteocartilaginous [Relating to or composed of bone and cartilage, or of osteocartilage]

osseointegrate

The growth action of bone tissue, as it assimilates surgically implanted devices or prostheses to be used as either replacement parts (e.g., hip) or as anchors (e.g., endosseous dental implants).

osseointegration

The direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant, typically made of titanium

osteocartilagenous

adj

Alternative form of osteocartilaginous [Relating to or composed of bone and cartilage, or of osteocartilage]

osteointegrate

Alternative form of osseointegrate [The growth action of bone tissue, as it assimilates surgically implanted devices or prostheses to be used as either replacement parts (e.g., hip) or as anchors (e.g., endosseous dental implants).]

osteointegration

Alternative form of osseointegration [The direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant, typically made of titanium]

osteosclerotic

adj

(medicine) Exhibiting osteosclerosis; thus, showing an abnormal increase in bone density

osteotesticular

adj

Relating to bones and the testes; applied to a tyrosine phosphatase enzyme that is expressed in both.

perichondral

adj

Relating to the layer of fibrous connective tissue that envelops cartilage (other than at the joints)

prechondrocyte

A partially differentiated animal cell that will become a chondrocyte, part of cartilage.

sclerosteosis

(pathology) A sclerosing hyperostosis characterized by variable syndactyly and skeletal overgrowth

Sharpey's fibres

A matrix of connective tissue consisting of bundles of strong collagenous fibres connecting periosteum to bone.

subependymoma

A rare form of ependymal tumor. They are classically found within the fourth ventricle, typically have a well demarcated interface to normal tissue and (unlike ependymomas) do not usually extend into the brain parenchyma.

territorial matrix

The layer which surrounds chondrocytes in cartilage. It is basophilic, and stains metachromatically due to proteoglycans.

Wolff's law

The rule that bone in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads under which it is placed, becoming stronger to resist that sort of loading.

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