prosthesis: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	artificial body part

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prosthetic right eye

Diagram showing a cross-section of the human heart with labeled chambers and valves, alongside illustrations comparing a healthy heart valve, a diseased valve with irregular tissue, and a mechanical artificial valve.

Figure 1: (Above) Hip prosthesis with a ceramic femoral head, shown here fitted into its acetabular cup; (below) ceramic femoral head shown separated from the prosthesis stem.

The ceramic femoral head of a hip prosthesis.

Know about an effort to make portable and low-cost prosthetic limbs

Know about the development of titanium 3D-printed prosthetic jaw

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Know about prosthetic jaw joint replacement and how that technology can help in other joint replacements like the shoulder, the hip, or even the spine

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