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  1. Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Surgery Video (OR-Live)
    ... cartilages, which are your menisci, which are the shock-absorber cartilages in the knee. So we'll try ... I've got -- now, this is the little shock-absorber cartilage that Dr. Vann was talking about, the ...
    www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM/rnh.cfm?id=529 - External Health Links
  2. Cervical Spine (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
    ... the spine to move freely and act as shock absorbers during activity. Attached to the back of each ... the discs lose their ability to act as shock absorbers. At the same time, the bones and ligaments ...
    www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/cervical.asp - External Health Links
  3. Questions and Answers about Knee Problems From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
    ... The two menisci in each knee act as shock absorbers, cushioning the lower part of the leg from ... The two menisci in each knee act as shock absorbers, cushioning the lower part of the leg from ...
    www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Knee_Problems/default.asp - External Health Links
  4. Implantable Technologies: Spinal Cord Stimulation and Implantable Drug Delivery Systems (National Pain Foundation)
    ... water content of the disks (which act like shock absorbers of the spine) dries up. The outer fibers ... fibers of the vertebral disk (body's natural shock absorber) are surrounded in inner gel like substance. With ...
    www.nationalpainfoundation.org/...ews_implantabletherapy.asp - External Health Links
  5. Senator Arlen Specter: Backing Medical Research and Battling Lymphoma
    ... free for three years—and I have good shock absorbers. It was very, very tough. Chemotherapy is a ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/.../summer08/articles/summer08pg6-7.html - MedlinePlus Magazine
  6. Intervertebral disk (image)
    ... vertebral column to be flexible and act as shock absorbers during everyday activities such as walking, running and ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19469.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Neurosurgery - What Is It? Interactive Tutorial (Patient Education Institute)
    ... fluid or CSF. This fluid acts as a shock absorber. The cavities inside the brain that contain this ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/.../whatisneurosurgery/htm/index.htm - External Health Links
  8. Vertebrae (image)
    ... is an intervertebral disk, which acts as a shock absorber.
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19470.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Arthritis of the Hand (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) (American Society for Surgery of the Hand)
    ... not known. Cause Cartilage works as nature's "shock absorber." It provides a smooth gliding surface for the ...
    orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00224 - External Health Links
  10. Spinal anatomy (image)
    ... back and ribs. The vertebral disks serve as shock absorbers during activities such as walking, running, and jumping. ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/9561.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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