| 41. | The blood clot takes about 8 weeks to become fibrous tissue and it takes 4 months to become fibrocartilage.
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| 42. | Hernias are caused by a disruption or opening in the fascia, or fibrous tissue, which forms the abdominal wall.
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| 43. | Surgeons successfully removed fibrous tissue from the lining of his abdominal cavity caused by an operation several years ago.
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| 44. | The term bar refers to the abnormal bar of bone or fibrous tissue between the two bones.
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| 45. | When the periosteum ( fibrous tissue surrounding bone ) peels off as well this is called an ALPSA lesion.
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| 46. | Because the muscle cells are replaced with fibrous tissue, the heart loses its ability to contract, compromising heart function.
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| 47. | A later phase of the disease is characterized by the replacement of normal bone marrow with highly vascular fibrous tissue.
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| 48. | In the aftermath of such a heart infection, the organ loses active muscle cells, which are replaced with fibrous tissue.
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| 49. | Because the nonfunctioning fibers crowd out active liver tissue, liver function decreases gradually as the amount of fibrous tissue increases.
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| 50. | I separated layers of muscle and tendon down to the bag of ligament and fibrous tissue that holds the joint together.
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