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The Story of the Synovium
Season 1 · Episode 67

The Story of the Synovium

Healio Rheuminations

August 25, 202235m 11s

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Show Notes

How is the synovial fluid produced? Who figured it out? It's a ripping yarn involving corpses, cats, anti-hypertensives, steroids and streptococcus.

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  • Intro :11
  • Today's episode :15
  • Synovium 101 :22
  • Overview of the synovium and synovial fluid 2:06
  • How they figured it out? Dr. Marian Ropes 5:37
  • Investigating synovial fluid 7:46
  • Cows experiment and where synovial fluid comes from 11:25
  • Clinical review of synovial fluid 14:57
  • What's inside the fluid? 18:54
  • What makes up the fluid? 20:51
  • How do things get out of the synovium? 23:19
  • How are things absorbed into the synovium? 27:21
  • How well do steroids get picked up systemically? 29:39
  • Summary 32:30
  • Thank you 34:59

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