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===Causes of injury ===
 
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*Synovial membranes respond by:
 
*Synovial membranes respond by:
 
**Villous hypertrophy
 
**Villous hypertrophy
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**Hyperplasia
 
**Hyperplasia
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 3 March 2011

Causes of injury

  • Trauma
  • Instability
  • Lubrication failure
  • Infectious organisms
  • Immune-mediated disease

Reaction to injury

  • Articular cartilage has limited ability to regenerate
    • Superficial defects are long standing
      • Chondrocyte hyperplasia is ineffective at filling the defect
      • Non-painful
    • Defects reaching subchondral bone
      • Filled with vascular fibroous tissue undergoing metaplasia into cartilage
      • Painful
    • Fibrillation - loss of proteoglycans -> condensation of collagen fibres -> fraying of surface
    • Eburnation - loss of articular cartilage -> exposure of subchondral bone -> becomes dense and polished
  • Synovial membranes respond by:
    • Villous hypertrophy
      • +/- synovitis
    • Hyperplasia