The research team studied joint structure and development ... in a cartilaginous fish suggests that the basic molecular ...

Cartilage is found at the ends of bones and where joints meet. Tendons attach muscles to the skeleton. Synovial joints (freely movable joints) allow us the free movement to perform skills and ...

This left the question of whether they are just a feature of bony skeletons in general ... a plate-like structure like that found in skull bones. But it appears that synovial joints arose sometime ...

Did you know that your knees, hips, and fingers all rely on the same type of joint that evolved hundreds of millions of years ...

joints would have no lubrication. CD44 is a cell surface receptor that binds itself to the hyaluronic acid, which is key to the synovial fluid. Aggrecan is a proteoglycan that helps retain water and ...

Thankfully, recent research has shed new light on why our joints pop. However, before we dive into that, let’s examine the structure of synovial joints, the type of joints where these popping ...

Hyaluronan, lubricin and phospholipids, molecules ubiquitous in synovial joints, such as hips and ... We also examined the structure and interactions between initially bare mica surfaces that ...

In this Review, I discuss the genetics of OA in general, but focus on the potential effect of genetic mutations associated with OA on joint structure ... and morphology of synovial joints could ...