Sentence examples for superficial fissures from inspiring English sources

They are usually located near the margins of superficial fissures and are almost always asymptomatic.

Especially, deep fissures that extend into the dermis may have a higher risk of ulceration than superficial fissures because of damage of skin barrier function.

Low-grade lesions are represented by superficial fissures, irregularities, and cartilage softening.

These discs show a completely intact cartilage matrix and surface (no superficial fissures or other OA abnormalities) without primary loss of proteoglycan, both prerequisites for the unequivocal determination of early cartilage alterations.

The amount of chondral damage was graded from 0 to 4 based on the ICRS classification [ 12] Grade 0 represents normal articular cartilage and grade I shows superficial lesions as soft indentation and/or superficial fissures and cracks.

The cartilage defects were graded according to the ICRS protocol [ 1] by visualization and probing with an arthroscopic hook : ICRS grade 0 (normal), ICRS grade 1 (nearly normal, superficial lesions with soft indentation and/or superficial fissures and cracks), ICRS grade 2 (abnormal, lesions extending down to <50% of cartilage depth.

However, distinctions between superficial and deep fissures have not been well described, and specific factors involved in their development are generally unknown.

The major criteria for labelling a plaque as vulnerable include: active inflammation (monocyte/macrophage and T-cell infiltration), thin cap with large lipid core, superficial platelet aggregation, fissure, and stenosis >90%.

With the 500 U dose further signs of OA development were observed, such as the occurrence of small fissures and superficial erosion of the articular cartilage, along with chondrocyte clustering and hypertrophy.

For each OA characteristic, scores for each region (superficial, middle, deep and fissures) were evaluated separately then summed together for each slide, the maximum score for each of the 4 regions was 3 creating a maximum score for all regions combined of 12.

Despite group 1 (ACLT) having matrix discontinuity at the superficial zone, vertical and branched fissures into the mid zone, disorganization, and loss of collagen content, group 2 (ACLT + simvastatin) had only superficial fibrillation and did not show disorganization and loss of collagen content.