Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the character of fibrocartilage; consisting of fibrocartilage: as, fibrocartilaginous tissue; a fibrocartilaginous disk.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to fibrocartilage
Examples
“Vet visits and discussions with a vet neurology specialist diagnosed it as a fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE), which is, essentially, a spinal cord stroke.”
“We can imagine that this could be made more flexible if the cartilage had fluid filled holes in it, which might join up into a single cavity surrounded by a fibrocartilaginous ring.”
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“The Interarticular Fibrocartilages (menisci) are flattened fibrocartilaginous plates, of a round, oval, triangular, or sickle-like form, interposed between the articular cartilages of certain joints.”
“The medial border is articular; it is oval, and is marked by eight or nine transverse ridges, or a series of nipple-like processes arranged in rows, separated by grooves; they serve for the attachment of a thin layer of cartilage, which intervenes between it and the interpubic fibrocartilaginous lamina.”
II. Osteology. 6c. The Bones of the Lower Extremity. 1. The Hip Bone
“It arises immediately above the margin of the optic foramen, above and medial to the origin of the Rectus superior, and, passing forward, ends in a rounded tendon, which plays in a fibrocartilaginous ring or pulley attached to the trochlear fovea of the frontal bone.”
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye
“The interpubic fibrocartilaginous lamina connects the opposed surfaces of the pubic bones.”
“The Glenoidal Labrum (labrium glenoidale; glenoid ligament) is a fibrocartilaginous rim attached around the margin of the glenoid cavity.”
III. Syndesmology. 6c. Humeral Articulation or Shoulder-joint
“The deep fibers pass transversely across the symphysis, and are blended with the fibrocartilaginous lamina.”
“Above, it is blended with the interpubic fibrocartilaginous lamina; laterally, it is attached to the inferior rami of the pubic bones; below, it is free, and is separated from the fascia of the urogenital diaphragm by an opening through which the deep dorsal vein of the penis passes into the pelvis.”
“The glenoidal labrum is a fibrocartilaginous rim attached to the margin of the acetabulum, the cavity of which it deepens; at the same time it protects the edge of the bone, and fills up the inequalities of its surface.”
III. Syndesmology. 7. Articulations of the Lower Extremity. a. Coxal Articulation or Hip-joint
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