Arthroscopy is useful in evaluating and treating the following conditions: 1  Torn floating cartilage (meniscus): The cartilage is trimmed to a stable rim or occasionally repaired. 2  Torn surface (articular) cartilage.  Removal of loose bodies (cartilage or bone that has broken off) and cysts.
Florida is made up mostly of a large peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. The northwest part of the state is a panhandle (a narrow strip of land that sticks out like the handle of a pan). Islands called the Florida Keys extend from Biscayne Bay into the Gulf of Mexico.
1 Florida is not the southernmost state in the United States. 2  Hawaii is farther south. 3  A museum in Sanibel owns 2 million shells and claims to be the world's only museum devoted solely to mollusks. 4  The Benwood, on French Reef in the Florida Keys, is known as one of the most dived shipwrecks in the world. Key West has the highest average temperature in the United States. 2  The Saint John's River is one of the few rivers that flows north instead of south. 3  The largest lake in Florida is Lake Okeechobee. 4  May 20, 1970 Florida lawmakers passed and sent to the Governor a bill adopting the moonstone as the official state gem.