sesamoid
IPA: sˈɛsʌmɔɪd
noun
- (anatomy) A sesamoid bone or sesamoid cartilage.
adjective
- Resembling a sesame seed in size or shape.
- Of or relating to a sesamoid bone.
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Examples of "sesamoid" in Sentences
- It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body.
- Sesamoiditis is inflammation of the sesamoid bones.
- Examples of sesamoid bones are the patella and the pisiform.
- In anatomy, a sesamoid bone is a bone embedded within a tendon.
- While on the lead, Ruffian broke the sesamoid bones in her leg.
- Often a sesamoid is embedded in the palmar wall of the joint capsule.
- What about the description of sesamoid bones in the skeletal system article
- It inserts to the radial sesamoid bone and the proximal phalanx of the thumb.
- Additional head from the sesamoid bone in the outer head of the Gastrocnemius.