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sesamoid

NOUN
  1. any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint

How To Use sesamoid In A Sentence

  • A sesamoid bone is occasionally contained within the tendon of the triceps muscle proximal to the olecranon.
  • The fabella is a sesamoid bone of the lateral gastrocnemius muscle.
  • Veterinary Review, Vol. 23, p. 893.] [F.otnote 23: F.acture of All the Sesamoid Bones, by R.F. F.ost, Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
  • There are eight carpal bones in the wrist, five metacarpals, and 14 nonsesamoid bones that comprise the phalanges.
  • While the red panda is considered a procyonid, the mainstream view now is that the giant panda is indeed a bear, although it diverged from the main ursid line long enough ago to exhibit some striking differences in addition to the enlarged radial sesamoid, such as chromosome number, skull anatomy, and other traits. The Panda's Thumb has Evolved ... Twice! - The Panda's Thumb
  • The sesamoides purges upwards when pounded in oxymel to the amount of a drachm and a half, and drunk; it is combined with the hellebores, to the amount of the third part, and thus it is less apt to produce suffocation. On Regimen In Acute Diseases
  • A sesamoid bone may develop in the bicipital tendon over the radial tuberosity.
  • The patella is the largest sesamoid bone in the body and provides increased mechanical advantage for knee extension.
  • It's a fetlock injury; a small flake has come off one of the sesamoid bones.
  • The metacarpo-phalangeal sheath and the ring of the perforatus laid open posteriorly, and the cut edges reflected; the flexor perforans cut through at about the region of the sesamoids, and its inferior portion deflected. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
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