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.

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