cartilages

• “It is in the upper part of this enormous head, in great cavities divided by cartilages, that is to be found from six to eight hundred pounds of that precious oil called spermaceti.”

  Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

• “# -- Pain on swallowing, due to causes originating in the larynx, is usually associated with ulceration of the mucous membrane covering the epiglottis, ary-epiglottic folds, or arytenoid cartilages, that is, in connection with those parts with which the food is brought into direct contact.”

  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.

• “The cartilages are the (1) epiglottis, (2) thyroid, cricoid, arytenoid, the two small, unimportant cornicula laryngis, or cartilages of”

  Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)

• “On each side of the bone of the hoof -- the coffinbone -- there are normally two supplementary organs which are called the cartilages of the foot.”

  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

• “The joints (articulations) are fastened together with white gristly substances called cartilages: they are of the same texture and nature of the sinews and tendons: they are very strong and lasting.”

  The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

• “One of a pair of small, movable cartilages attached to the back of the larynx.”

  Glossary

• “U.S. orthopedic surgeons have identified a molecular biomarker exclusive to torn knee cartilages that could distinguish potential candidates for surgery from patients with knee pain from less operable conditions, according to a study in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Predicting ADHD Risk From Birth

• “I did something similar playing cricket over Christmas, except it was the rib cartilages and left hand side muscle groups.”

  Cheeseburger Gothic » The Weigh In.

• “Examination of those structures that may work in concert with the cartilages and digital cushion is necessary to formulate a working hypothesis for foot function.”

  Ed Ltd | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles

• “All directional movement of the ungular cartilages, coupled with distal palmar movement of P2 would result in a variable restriction of blood flow proximally from the foot.”

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