English words for 'Surrounding cartilage'
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noun
- (anatomy, countable) A particular structure made of cartilage.
- (anatomy, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
- tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
noun
- (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
- (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
- (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
- (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.
- (optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
- A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
- The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
noun
- (anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
- (medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
- (anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- a growing together of parts or structures
- an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures
noun
- (anatomy, countable) A particular structure made of cartilage.
- (anatomy, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
- tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
noun
- (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
- (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
- (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
- (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.
- (optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
- A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
- The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
noun
- (anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
- (medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
- (anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- a growing together of parts or structures
- an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures