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fibro-cartilage

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  • Outermost slip from the glenoidal fibro-cartilage; 2, lateral ligament of the first interphalangeal articulation; 3, prolongations of the lateral ligament of the first interphalangeal articulation attached to the end of the navicular bone to form the postero-lateral ligament of the pedal joint;

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

  • I am inclined to ascribe this to the different anatomical arrangement of the two joints, particularly to the fact that the head of the femur is included in a bony cup, into the hollow of which it is accurately fixed by the resilient cotyloid fibro-cartilage.

    Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins

  • In the recent state it is covered with fibro-cartilage for the passage of the flexor perforans.

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

  • The articulating surface of the os coronæ is supplemented by the addition behind of a thick piece of _fibro-cartilage (the glenoid_) attached inferiorly to the posterior edge of the upper articulatory surface of the os coronæ, and superiorly by means of three fibrous slips on each side to the os suffraginis.

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

  • A.V.D. -- 'may be found calcareous deposits in the fibro-cartilage and the bone.

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

  • This is called white fibro-cartilage, and is found where great strength and a certain amount of rigidity are required.

    A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

  • Again, there is between the cells a meshwork of yellow elastic fibers, and this is called yellow fibro-cartilage (Fig. 8).

    A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

  • The yellow fibro-cartilage forms the expanded part of the ear, the epiglottis, and other parts of the larynx.

    A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

  • The white fibro-cartilage is found in the disks between the bodies of the vertebræ, in the interior of the knee joint, in the wrist and other joints, filling the cavities of the bones, in socket joints, and in the grooves for tendons.

    A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

  • -- This is limited in front by the tendon of the extensor pedis, on each side by the lateral ligaments of the joint, and behind by the glenoid fibro-cartilage.

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

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