This chemical energy is stored in carbohydrate molecules, such as sugars, which are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water â hence the name photosynthesis, from the Greek Ïá¿¶Ï, phÅs, light, and ÏÏÎ½Î¸ÎµÏÎ¹Ï, synthesis, putting together.
The human body's own cartilage is still the best material for lining knee joints. This drives efforts to develop ways of using a person's own cells to grow, or re-grow cartilage tissue to replace missing or damaged cartilage.
Your Replacement Knee Prosthesis. To create a new knee joint, the ends of the bones forming the joint are surgically removed. The cartilage coating the bones has been worn away and replaced or resurfaced with the new device. It is better to think of a knee replacement as a resurfacing of the knee.