Le cartilage articulaire et ses particularités mécaniques

Articular cartilage spreading over facing plates of moving joints constitute with synovial fluid a poroviscoelastic material. Owing to histologic order, this multilayer forming make plastic deformability resistance to be worn out, specific lubrification procedures and low friction rate. Unfortunately, these structures are brittle and injuries by ageing or pathologic features make necessary to substitute artificial prothesis. Aim of this paper is to specify physiological note of natural structure in order to fix purposes in prothesis framing.