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FIG. 4 is an anterior view of a natural articular surface of a bone. The bone may be a first metatarsal 110 and the natural articular surface maybe the natural articular surface 260 of the head of the first metatarsal 110. In this example, the natural articular surface 260 includes an osteochondral lesion (OCL) 350. As used herein, an "osteochondral lesion" (OCL) is a lesion within the cartilage covering at least a portion of a bone at a joint. As used herein, a “lesion" refers to any damage or abnormal change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by disease or trauma. (Search "lesion" on Wikipedia.com 20 Oct. 2021. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Accessed Dec. 1, 2021.)

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