The Story of the Synovium

How is the synovial fluid produced? Who figured it out? It's a ripping yarn involving corpses, cats, anti-hypertensives, steroids and streptococcus. Brought to you by Tremfya. 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 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Edwards JC. J Anat. 1994;184:493-501. Rhinelander FW, et al. J Clin Invest. 1939;doi:10.1172/JCI101011. Shaffer MF, et al. J Exp Med. 1939;doi:10.1084/jem.70.3.293. Stout A, et al. PM R. 2019;doi:10.1002/pmrj.12042.