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Recent Examples on the Web This gas comes from a lubricant inside your joints known as synovial fluid—which contains oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide—that helps give nutrients to the cartilage in your joints to help them glide smoothly. — Demetria Wambia, SELF, 17 Feb. 2022 Joints are wrapped in a capsule of connective tissue that secretes synovial fluid as a lubricant when the joints are moved. — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2021 The authors think that the peptidoglycan remains in synovial fluid after the pathogen is gone. — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 June 2019 Osteoarthritis is chronic joint inflammation that causes damage to articular cartilage – which covers and protects the ends of bones – as well as changes to synovial fluid and narrowing of the joint space. — Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 30 May 2018 Where the two bones of the finger meet, a little lake of synovial fluid keeps them from grinding on each other. — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018 But the problem is the drugs are cleared fairly quickly, because there’s an efficient drainage system for the joint’s synovial fluid. — Megan Thielking, STAT, 3 Apr. 2018 The bones in the MCP joint touch and separate all the time, leading to reduced pressure in the synovial fluid trapped in the spaces, which in turn forms bubbles. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Mar. 2018 This is a common condition in which the knee’s natural lubricant, called synovial fluid, diminishes with age, resulting in painful friction of the knee joints. — Joyce Wiswell For The Knee Institute, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2018 See More

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