8.1 Cartilage: Anatomy, Function, Biology, Biomechanics, Injury, And Surgical Treatment

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8.1.1 What do you know about cartilage?

@Jastifer2010Cartilage

• Cartilage is a connective tissue consisting of collagenous fibers embedded in a firm matrix of chondroitin sulfates.

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8.1.2 Why is this topic important to engineers?

• Device development
  • Surgical technology, implants, diagnostics
• Small lesions
  • Repair, Transplant, Scaffold
• When the whole joint catastrophically fails
  • Joint replacement

@Geeslin2016Cartilage

[ ( slide credit: @Geeslin2016Cartilage ) ]

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