Humans inherited their flexible joints from the earliest jawed fish
The efficient architecture of our joints, which allows our skeletons to be flexible and sturdy, originated among our most ...
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Research links human joints to ancient fish
Jawed vertebrates known as gnathostomes appear to be the first creatures with the synovial joints, according to Shubin. These ...
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The role of joints and types of synovial joints
Synovial joints have synovial fluid in the joint cavity that lubricates or 'oils' the joint so it moves smoothly. Synovial fluid is made by the synovial membrane. In synovial joints, the ends of ...
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Joints of the skeletal system
Synovial joints have synovial fluid in the joint cavity that lubricates or 'oils' the joint so it moves smoothly. Synovial fluid is made by the synovial membrane. In synovial joints, the ends of ...
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Image of the Day: Cracking Cavity
An MRI video of cracking knuckles reveals that the popping sound comes from the formation of a small air bubble (the dark cavity on the upper right image) in the synovial fluid of the joint.
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Synovial macrophage diversity and activation of M-CSF signaling in post-traumatic osteoarthritis
Joint injury induces rapid and sustained diversification of resident and infiltrating synovial macrophage phenotypes, underpinning osteoarthritis-associated synovitis.