In osteoarthritis, the cartilage in the knee joint gradually wears away. As the cartilage wears away, it becomes frayed and rough, and the protective space between the bones decreases. This can result in bone rubbing on bone, and produce painful bone spurs.
Pendleton county is in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. The elevation in the county ranges from 455 to 960 feet above sea level. It was formed in 1799 from Bracken and Campbell counties. Pendleton county was a source of Owen (1819) and Grant (1820) counties. The county seat is Falmouth. In 2010 the county population was 14,877 in a land area of 277.16 square miles, an average of 53.7 people per square mile. The equine population was 2,200 in the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey.
Commonwealth of Kentucky Morgan County. Morgan County, Kentucky, was established in 1822 from Floyd and Bath Counties. Prior to and after the Civil War, four counties were created from it. It was named for General Daniel Morgan, a hero in the Revolutionary War. Wells Mill was the first settlement in the county and was named for Edmund Wells who began operating a water mill on the Licking River in 1816. In 1823, the county seat of West Liberty was established. Morgan County is located in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountain Range and is characterized by beautiful rolling hills and wide valleys along the Grassy, Blackwater, Elk Fork and Caney Creeks as well as the Licking River Valley.