Key facts
- Latin
- synovia
- Mesh
- D013582
- Ta98
- A03.0.00.031
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
21,824 papers- Synovial fluid cell analysis.Bailliere's clinical rheumatology · 1996
- Equine synovial fluid analysis.The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice · 2008
- Synovial fluid analysis. A critical reappraisal.Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America · 1994
- Unusual Findings in Synovial Fluid Analysis: A Review.Annals of clinical and laboratory science · 2017
- Synovial fluid analysis in healthy green turtles Chelonia mydas in Taiwan.Diseases of aquatic organisms · 2024
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
Synovial fluid, also called synovia, is a viscous, non-Newtonian fluid found in the cavities of synovial joints. With its egg white–like consistency, the principal role of synovial fluid is to reduce friction between the articular cartilage of synovial joints during movement. Synovial fluid is a small component of the transcellular fluid component of extracellular fluid.
Structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “synovial fluid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.