Cartilage

Cartilage, Volume 3: Biomedical Aspects is a compilation of articles that covers the various aspects of age-related cartilage deterioration, bone disease, and genetic mutation.
The book is composed of 10 chapters that highlight different subjects related to the diseases and malformations of cartilage. Relevant topics that are discussed in each chapter include the formation of cartilage outside the confines of the skeleton; aspects of age-related changes in cartilage; tumors that invade cartilage; molecular and biochemical bases of cartilage mutations; and the immunological and bioelectrical properties of cartilage.
Physicians, pathologists, orthopedic surgeons, and those working on the human skeletal system will find this text a very good reference material.

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Contents
Contributors
Preface
Contents of Other Volumes

1. Ectopic Cartilage, Neoplasia, and Metaplasia
   I. Introduction
   II. Extraskeletal versus Ectopic Cartilage
   III. Specious Ectopic Cartilages
   IV. Tumors and Tumor-Like Conditions with Ectopic Cartilage
   V. Experimental Ectopic Cartilage
   VI. Discussion and Summary
   References
2. Mechanisms of Resorption and Remodeling of Cartilage
   I. Introduction
   II. Response of Cartilage to Injury
   III. Resorption
   IV. Remodeling
   V Cartilage Transplants
   VI. Hormones, Vitamins, and Drugs
   VII. Concluding Remarks
   References
3. Lubrication of and by Articular Cartilage
   I. Introduction
   II. Weeping Lubrication
   III. Boundary Lubrication by Synovial Fluid
   IV. How Does Synovial Fluid Lubricate?
   V. Pathological Synovial Fluids
   VI. Lubrication of Soft Tissues
   VII. Disputes
   VIII. Work in Progress
   IX. Summary
   References
4. Aging and Degenerative Diseases Affecting Cartilage
   I. Introduction
   II. Aging of Extraarticular Cartilages
   III. Aging of Joint Cartilage
   IV. Degeneration of Articular Cartilage
   V. Degenerative Joint Disease
   VI. cMiscellaneous Degenerative Disorders of Articular Cartilage
   VII. Degenerative Spinal Disease
   VIII. Comparative Pathology
   IX. Concluding Remarks
   References
5. Tumors of Cartilage
   I. Introduction 1
   II. Central and Peripheral Benign Lesions
   III. Malignant Neoplasms Arising from or Containing Cartilaginous Tissues
   IV. Cartilaginous Tumors of Soft Tissue
   V. Tumors of Synovial Origin Showing Cartilaginous Differentiation 155
   VI. Notochordal and Notochord-Like Tumors
   VII. Other Conditions with Cartilaginous Foci, Chondromatous Metaplasia, and Cartilaginous Remnants
   References
6. Mutations Affecting Limb Cartilage
   I. Introduction
   II. Cartilage
   III. Mutations Affecting Limb Cartilage
   IV. Analysis of Mutations Affecting Proteoglycan Structure
   V. Conclusions
   References
7. Mutations Affecting Craniofacial Cartilage
   I. Introduction
   II. Central Nervous System Malformations
   III. Chondrodysplasias
   IV. Craniosynostoses
   V. Miscellaneous Disorders
   VI. Conclusion
   References
8. Immunology of Cartilage
   I. Introduction
   II. The Immune Response
   III. Antigens in Cartilage
   IV. Immunogenicity
   V. The Immune Response to Cartilage Grafts
   VI. Immunogenicity of Cartilage in Disease States, Especially Rheumatoid Arthritis
   VII. The Influence of Immune Responses on Cartilage
   VIII. Conclusion
   References
9. Chondrogenesis in Regenerating Systems
   I. Introduction
   II. Epimorphic versus Tissue Regeneration
   III. Fracture Healing
   IV Epimorphic Regeneration
   References
10. Bioelectricity and Cartilage
    I. Introduction
    II. Cartilage in Limb Regeneration
    III. Cartilage in Repair of Fractures
    IV. Articular Cartilage
    V. Oxygen Tension
    VI. In Vitro Studies
    VII. Demineralized Bone Matrix-Induced Cartilage
    VIII. Discussion and Summary
    References
    Index