sesamoid bone

sesamoid bone
A small bone embedded within a tendon, typically found in locations where a tendon passes over a joint.
Syn: os sesamoideum

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  • Sesamoid bone — Bone: Sesamoid bone Sagittal section of right knee joint …   Wikipedia

  • Sesamoid bone — A little bone embedded in a joint capsule or tendon. The kneecap (patella) is a sesamoid bone. * * * an oval nodule of bone that lies within a tendon and slides over another bony surface. The patella (kneecap) and certain bones in the hand and… …   Medical dictionary

  • sesamoid bone — an oval nodule of bone that lies within a tendon and slides over another bony surface. The patella (kneecap) and certain bones in the hand and foot are sesamoid bones …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • sesamoid bone — noun any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint • Syn: ↑sesamoid, ↑os sesamoideum • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Hyponyms: ↑patella, ↑kneecap, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • sesamoid bone — a supernumerary bone formed from a fragment of an existing bone or by a new ossification; see above …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Sesamoid — Ses a*moid, n. (Anat.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sesamoid — 1. Resembling in size or shape a grain of sesame. 2. Denoting a s. bone. [G. sesamoeides, like sesame] * * * ses·a·moid ses ə .mȯid adj of, relating to, or being a nodular mass of bone or cartilage in a tendon esp. at a joint or bony prominence… …   Medical dictionary

  • sesamoid — 1. adjective a) Resembling a sesame seed in size or shape. b) Of or relating to a sesamoid bone. 2. noun A sesamoid bone or sesamoid cartilage …   Wiktionary

  • Bone, sesamoid — A little bone embedded in a joint capsule or tendon. The kneecap (patella) is a sesamoid bone …   Medical dictionary

  • sesamoid — adj. & n. adj. shaped like a sesame seed; nodular (esp. of small independent bones developed in tendons passing over an angular structure such as the kneecap and the navicular bone). n. a sesamoid bone …   Useful english dictionary

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