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.
There are two menisci in your knee; each rests between the thigh bone (femur) and shin bone (tibia). The menisci are made of tough cartilage and conform to the surfaces of the bones upon which they rest.One meniscus is on the inside of your knee; this is the medial meniscus.The other meniscus rests on the outside of your knee, the lateral meniscus.eople often say 'cartilage' to mean the meniscus (the wedges of cartilage between the bone) or to mean the joint surface (so-called articular cartilage which caps the ends of the bone). When people talk about a cartilage tear, they a talking about a meniscus tear.