Sentences with phrase «of abnormal cartilage»

This abnormality can lead to development of abnormal cartilage, and eventually create a loose flap of cartilage within the joint.

Osteochondrosis dessicans (OCD) is a condition of abnormal cartilage growth seen in rapidly growing dogs.

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Investigators at Duke University, led by Erica Davis, PhD, a co-senior author of the report, blocked the gene's expression in zebrafish, which resulted in abnormal facial cartilage, smaller eyes and structural abnormalities of neurons involved in the development of reproductive organs.

Other structural problems caused by inheritance are elbow dysplasia, dwarfism, osteochondrosis (abnormal formation of bone and cartilage), spinal disc diseases, Legg - Perthes disease (a hip malformation occurring mostly in small breeds), and patellar luxation (loose kneecap).

As cartilage degenerates it becomes more fragile and susceptible to injury as a result of the abnormal shearing forces exerted on the now unstable joint.

It is also seen more commonly in small breed dogs with other disorders of cartilage formation and growth, suggesting that the mechanism may involve abnormal growth or degeneration of the connective tissue components of the valve leaflets.

Hip dysplasia is a result of abnormal wear of the hip cartilage.

Osteochondrosis: a group of developmental diseases resulting in abnormal formulation of joint cartilage.

Achondroplasia: abnormal development of cartilage leading to dwarfism (seen aberrantly in most breeds, but that's what makes a Basset hound and other achondroplastic breeds long and low).

In others abnormal stresses or trauma to the joint can cause degeneration of the joint cartilage and underlying bone.

If your Havanese shows signs of patellar luxation early in life, the major muscle groups of the thigh pull toward the inside of the leg, putting abnormal pressure on the knee joint cartilage.

Although short legs are normal for these breeds it is basically the result of abnormal development of cartilage.

The result of the instability in the joint is abnormal wear of the cartilage.

Osteochondritis Dissecans or OCD is a serious joint disease in which abnormal development of cartilage occurs.

Recent studies have linked osteoarthritis occurrence and progression with an abnormal response of the immune system to exposed cartilage proteins.

This condition affects the weight - bearing joints (hips, knees, elbows, shoulders), causing loss of lubricating fluids, wearing away of cartilage, and abnormal bone growth.

Osteochondrosis (OC [D]-RRB--- improper blood supply to a small section of the humerus within the elbow joint leaving an abnormal section of cartilage that may break free in the joint;

These theories include failure of transition of cartilage to bone during development, and excessive wear and tear on the coronoid process due to joint incongruity which places abnormal stresses on the developing bone.

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.

If left undiagnosed and untreated, this instability causes abnormal wear of the hip cartilage and ultimately progresses to osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease.

Surgery is the treatment of choice for this condition, and its aim is to remove any abnormal cartilage or bone and attempt to return the joint to a more normal anatomy and function.

The initiating events that trigger the inflammatory cascade usually fall into one of two categories, either: 1) abnormal forces imposed on normal joints such as fractures, sprains, obesity, direct trauma, etc.; or 2) normal forces imposed on abnormal joints such as elbow or hip dysplasia, osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD), patellar luxation, ununited anchoneal process, fragmented coronoid process, cranial cruciate ligament rupture or tear, and other congenital or genetic conformational cartilage, bone or joint defects.

This abnormal displacement of the kneecap results in pain, cartilage damage, and arthritis.

More precisely the different joint conditions grouped under the name of elbow dysplasia include: a ununited anconeal process (failure of union between the anconeal process and the remainder of the ulna beyond 20 weeks of age), the so - called osteochondrosis dissecans of the humeral condyle (failure of ossification of the articular cartilage covering the humeral condyle, resulting in an abnormal thickening of the articular cartilage and separation between this region and the underlying bone), and finally the fragmentation of the coronoid process (in which the ulnar coronoid process have multiple fragments or most often a single fragment).

Hip dysplasia is painful in young dogs because abnormal wear of joint cartilage exposes pain fibers in underlying bone and laxity causes stretching of surrounding soft tissues.

Abnormal development of the hip causes excessive wear of the joint cartilage during weight bearing, eventually leading to the development of arthritis, often called degenerative joint disease (DJD) or osteoarthritis (OA).

OCD (osteochondrosis dessicans) can also be treated surgically by removing the abnormal piece of cartilage with a good prognosis for resolution of lameness.

This technique involves removing the femoral portion of the hip joint (i.e., the ball) to reduce the pain produced by abnormal hip joint contact that wears away the joint cartilage, and the stretching of the soft tissues around the joint due to laxity (Figure 5).

This medial sliding of the patella puts abnormal forces on the bones and muscles of the leg, causing progressive deterioration of the cartilage in the knee joint and eventual arthritis.

The resulting mechanical looseness of the joint (hip laxity or subluxation) causes abnormal wear on the cartilage that line the femoral head.