Sentences with phrase «in avascular»

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While pericytes, to some extent, meet MSC characterization criteria (e.g., shared markers and fate potentials), «non-pericyte» MSCs have been isolated from articular cartilage, which is an avascular tissue, arguing that MSCs are not exclusively located in a perivascular niche.

And as we know, ligaments are highly avascular, which means that if there is a tear in a ligament, it will take a long time to heal because of poor circulation to the area.

Legg - Calve - Perthes disease (Avascular or Aseptic Necrosis of the Femoral Head) is the condition in which the femoral head starts to degenerate.

This is an avascular (pertaining to inadequate blood supply), aseptic (not infected), developmental osteonecrosis (dying of bone tissue) of the femoral head and neck, found almost entirely in toy or other small breeds.

69 % of the dogs examined had limb shortening — especially in small breeds having surgery for avascular necrosis of the femoral head.

The lens is the transparent, biconvex, avascular structure in the anterior segment of the eye that is partly responsible for the refraction of light to be focused on the retina.

Trauma can also cause aseptic (non-infectious) avascular necrosis of the femoral head; but, in most cases Legg - Perthes is thought to be a genetic defect.

A delay or misdiagnosis of these types of fractures can result in paraplegia or quadriplegia; the need for bone grafts, pins or screws to stabilize the bone; joint replacement in the future; or avascular necrosis, a serious condition in which bone cells die prematurely due to an interruption in blood supply.