Q. Mechanical Forces like motion and appropriate loading of synovial joints are necessary for the proper structure, function and metabolism of the articular hyaline cartilage.

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Q. _____________ are the most widely used stem cell source for articular cartilage regeneration technique.

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Q. Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) is a cell-based technique to treat the full-thickness chondral defects in the knee.

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Q. Mosaicplasty/Osteochondral Grafting was introduced in the early 1990s.

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Q. Articular cartilage lesions, when left untreated, forms ____________

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Q. Cartilage defects are classified into two types according to the depth of the lesion into partial (chondral) or full thickness (osteochondral).

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Q. The liver is the largest gland in the body, weighing roughly _____________ in human adults.

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Q. The liver is situated beneath the ___________

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Q. About 25% of the total liver blood flow comes from the hepatic artery.

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Q. The liver produces a large volume of lymph.

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Q. The hepatic lobule can be divided into three distinct zones.

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Q. Hepatic sinusoids, the specialized “capillaries” of the liver, are oriented radially and carry blood from the perimeter of the lobule toward the central vein.

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Q. Typical liver shear moduli range from ___________

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Q. Many studies have assumed that the liver parenchyma is anisotropic material.

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Q. The liver is known to be linearly ___________ in shear up to shear strains of 0.2%.

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Q. Liver exhibits nonlinear stress-strain behavior.

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Q. _________ is a method of forming blood vessels within constructs before the latter are implanted in the defect sites.

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Q. There are two ways to generate blood vessels through vasculogenesis and angiogenesis.

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Q. In the ___________ technique, a photosensitive polymer solution and a photomask are normally used.

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Q. Laser photolithography was developed from photolithography by replacing the photomask with laser beams.

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