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What is Abnormal formation of fibrous tissue?

Fibrous tissue are the filaments that make up skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue. The abnormal formation involves fibers being overlaid across each other.


What is arthrofibrosis?

An arthrofibrosis is the formation of fibrous tissue within a joint.


What is an arthrofibrosis?

An arthrofibrosis is the formation of fibrous tissue within a joint.


The fibrous tissue that covers cartilage is called?

The fibrous tissue that covers cartilage is called the perichondrium. It provides support and nutrients to the cartilage.


What does iosis mean?

"Iosis" is a suffix that denotes a state or condition of being. It is often used in medical terminology to indicate a pathological or abnormal condition. For example, "fibrosis" refers to the formation of excess fibrous tissue.


What is the fibrous sac of connective tissue that encloses the heart called?

The fibrous sac of tissue that encloses the heart is the pericardium. It provides protection for the heart.


What is the strong fibrous tissue outer periphery of the intervertebral disk called?

The strong fibrous tissue outer periphery of the intervertebral disk is called the annulus fibrosus.


Replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue called?

Myelofibrosis.


What bone regions are united by fibrous connective tissue?

There is no fibrous connective tissue in bone, but there is dense irregular tissue known as periosteum that covers bones (all except the articulating surfaces) and provides attachment sites for tendons and ligaments.


What the difference between fibroma and focal fibrous hyperplasia?

a true fibroma is a rare true neoplasm or it may be defined as an abnormal mass of tissue the growth of which is exceedingly abnormal as compared to the normal tissue and the growth persists even after the cessation of stimuli that evoked the change while as focal fibrous hyperplasia is the abnormal growth of the tissue which regresses after the cessation of stimuli that evoked the change.It is a reactive lesion that arises in response of the trauma and regresses after the removal of trauma cause


What attaches muscles to the bone?

A tough, fibrous tissue called tendons.


What is the medical term meaning scar?

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