Definitionn. any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
Last update: September 11, 2015
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There is a pair of large nodular sesamoids behind the metacarpo-phalangeal articulation, and a single large transversely-extended sesamoid behind the joint between the second and third phalanx, called the " navicular bone." [Please select]
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Between the first metatarsal and the base of the second digit the tendon is enclosed by the medial surface of a sesamoid bone. [Please select]
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At the back of the metatarso-phalangeal articulations, as in the corresponding region of the anterior limbs, are found the sesamoid bones. [Please select]
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At the level of each metacarpo-phalangeal articulation are two sesamoid bones. [Please select]
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On the posterior surface of this extremity is found a sesamoid bone. [Please select]
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The flexors then reach the fetlock, and occupy the groove formed by the peculiar arrangement of the two large sesamoid bones. [Please select]
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1, Metacarpus; 2, sesamoid bones; 3, first phalanx; 4, second phalanx; 5, third phalanx; 6, gutter for the reception of the base of the nail; 7, prominent osseous crest formed to lodge in the concavity of the nail. [Please select]
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