Q. __________ is a surgical technique that has been developed to treat chondral defects, which are damaged areas of articular cartilage of the knee.

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Q. Chondrocytes are the only cells found in healthy cartilage.

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Q. _____________ is a biomedical treatment that repairs damages in articular cartilage.

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Q. Cartilage is a resilient and smooth elastic tissue, rubber-like padding that covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints.

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Q. The complete ring of cartilage around the trachea is called cricoid cartilage.

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Q. Nutrition is supplied to the chondrocytes by __________

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Q. _______________ is found at the anterior ends of the ribs, providing medial extension.

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Q. ____________ is caused by the stenosis and/or occlusion of a coronary artery.

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Q. _______________ are a type of leukocyte, or white blood cell.

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Q. ___________ is the physiological process through which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels.

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Q. Eosinophils are a type of disease-fighting white blood cell.

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Q. _______ is the abnormal enlargement, or thickening, of the heart muscle.

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Q. Reperfusion injury is the tissue damage caused when blood supply returns to tissue after a period of ischemia or lack of oxygen.

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Q. The majority of neural tissue found in the CNS consists of two cell types, neuronal cells, and ____________

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Q. _______________ produce the myelin sheath insulating neuronal axons.

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Q. ___________ is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement.

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Q. Dopaminergic neurons of the midbrain are the main source of dopamine.

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Q. ____________ is rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a loss of medium spiny projection neurons in the striatum.

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Q. _________ is a type of graft surgery involving the transplantation of skin.

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Q. _____________ is when the blood-forming cells you received on transplant day start to grow and make healthy blood cells.

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