Sentences with phrase «ends of bones»

For the first time, researchers have created a tissue similar to the growing end of bones.

During both methods, our surgeons cut a short bone into two segments and gradually move the cut ends of the bone apart, allowing new bone to form in the gap.

The cut ends of the bones should now be sticking out about 1/4 inch.

Growth plates are the soft, spongy ends of the bone in juvenile animals that allow the bone to elongate as the animal matures.

It is made up of the humeral head (the upper end of the bone of the upper arm) fitting into the glenoid fossa of the scapula (shoulder blade).

Usually this means the entire end of the bone, leaving an empty gap between the end of the resected bone and the joint.

Closure of the growing ends of the bones can be delayed as long as 4 years.

when the meat starts to shrink from the end of the bones and you have the right color or caramelization, THEN wrap them in foil, (this is the best time to cut them if you'd like) reduce heat to 275 - 300ff for 2hours.

Just get out your kitchen shears and cut along the bone, keeping in mind you also want to remove the cartilage that's all around one end of the bone.

Cover the ends of the bones with aluminum foil to prevent charring.

Place on baking sheet and bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until meat is starting to shrink away from the ends of the bone.

Cook the ribs bone side down, with the grill lid closed, for 3.5 to 4.5 hours, or until the meat just starts to shrink back from the ends of the bones.

Calcium is the single most important nutrient when it comes to growing healthy bones, and chia seeds hold their end of this bone - friendly bargain.

The next two months involved a half - dozen surgeries to remove dead skin and debris from the jagged wound where his leg had been severed, four inches below the knee; to take skin from his thigh for skin grafts; to build up the sound flesh around the ends of his bones and then stretch it for a strong, tight seal over the stump.

The stem of the prosthesis is fixed in the thigh bone in the manner of corking a bat: A shaft is cut into the end of the bone, and the stem is inserted.

Articular cartilage is a type of tissue that protects the ends of the bones in the joints.

This material is the covering on the ends of bones; allowing joints to glide through their range of motion and absorb stress from the wear and tear of sports.

Micro-fracture is a surgical technique done through a camera (arthroscope) in which small holes («fractures») are created at the ends of the bones which have these cartilage defects.

While you can find plenty of marrow within the center of the bone, there are all sorts of nooks and crannies around the ends of the bone where marrow can get stuck.

In this instance the soft, protective surface at the end of the bones — also known as cartilage — slowly disappears through repeated use.

It causes sort of thickening at the ends of bones, widening, splaying and basically, demineralization and weakness of bones.

Its prominent bulge, the length of the bone's shaft and shape of its tubercle — a fan - like protrusion at the end of the bone — is distinctive of the tyrannosauroid lineage (Science, DOI: 10.1126 / science.1187456).

Currently, patients must either go under the knife to mend faulty cartilage (connective tissue that normally pads the ends of bones at joints to keep them from grinding against one another).

A flint arrowhead was firmly embedded in one end of the bone, prompting archaeologists to dig a small test excavation that yielded more bones, a bashed - in skull, and a 73 - centimeter club resembling a baseball bat.

Ends of some bones were broken off, suggesting marrow had been removed.

Botelho also confirmed the calcaneum strongly expresses PthrP, a gene that allows growth at the ends of bones.

The condition causes pain and stiffness in the joints due to cartilage at the ends of bones wearing away.

The way the two ends of the bone were twisted in relation to each other in the fossils suggests that when one end was on the ground, the other end was raised about 8 ˚ to attach to the rest of the foot, says lead author Carol Ward, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Missouri, Columbia, in a study reported online today in Science.

While considering how to reconstruct bones, biomedical engineering grad student Eben Alsberg at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, suggested to his colleagues that they approach the problem the way the body does, by creating a growth plate — a sheet of tissue at the ends of bones where certain cells make cartilage and other cells harden the cartilage into bone.

Often called «wear - and - tear arthritis,» osteoarthritis occurs when the protective cartilage on the ends of your bones wears down over time, leaving you with the feeling of bone rubbing on bone, pain, drug dependence or some degree of disability.

This occurs when there's a breakdown of the cartilage that covers the end of each bone.

«You really should wait until a young dog's growth plates [areas of cartilage near the ends of bones] have started to close, and that time frame really varies by breed and size of dog,» says Sharon Wirant, an animal behaviorist with the ASPCA.

A growth plate fracture or epiphysis plate fracture occurs at the end of a bone in children before the bone has fully turned from cartilage to hard bone.

Now imagine that the ends of those bones are «widened».

The most common type of arthritis, osteoarthritis involves wear - and - tear damage to your joint's cartilage — the hard, slick coating on the ends of bones.

Osteoarthritis causes cartilage — the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones where they form a joint — to break down.

The health of your joints depends upon the health of the collagen in your ligaments, tendons, and on the ends of your bones.

The fat around their ankles, knees, elbows and wrists is growth fat that ensures adequate nourishment to the growth plates at the ends of the bones.

Each end of this bone - shaped toy has an opening that can be used for treats or food.

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition of the cartilage covering the ends of the bones.

There are some cases, when the fracture is at the end of the bone, pins and wires may be used.

In some cases, the defect is either a flap of cartilage or a crack in the cartilage on the end of the bone; if this occurs, the defect may heal with strict rest and restriction of activity for several weeks.

The term osteochondrosis refers to an abnormal development of the cartilage on the end of a bone in the joint, while osteochondritis dissecans refers to a separation of the diseased cartilage from the underlying bone.

«Hypertrophic osteodystropy produces similar signs in even younger dogs, but the pain is localized in the region at the end of those bones and the joint itself.

Osteoarthritis is also known as degenerative arthritis and is a very common occurrence among senior dogs because of a loss of integrity in the cartilage tissues that cover the ends of bones near the joints.

Sometimes there is a flaw in a flap of cartilage or a crack in the cartilage located on the end of the bone.

In a dog with OCD, the cartilage on the end of a bone in the joint develops abnormally and separates from the underlying bone.

Arthritis starts when the joint cartilage that covers the ends of the bones deteriorates.

The end of each bone, at the joint, is covered with articular cartilage, which cushions the joint as a cat (or a person) moves.

The ends of the bone are no longer protected — a little like not having enough oil to lubricate parts of a car engine.