sesamoid's Usage Examples:

This is called in veterinary anatomy the " suspensory ligament of the sesamoids," or of the " fetlock " (io in fig.

12, Derma or skin of the foot, 5, One of the upper sesamoid covered with hair, and continued into bones.

To achieve this block the foot is held up, and the palmar vessels are palpated over the palmar aspect of the sesamoid bones.

A strong ligamentous band behind the metapodium, arising from near the upper extremity of its posterior surface, divides into two at its lower end, and each division, being first connected with one of the paired upper sesamoid bones, passes by the side of the first phalanx to join the extensor tendon of the phalanges.

Inferior or short sesamoid s, Third or ungual phalanx (os ligament.

6, Lower sesamoid or navicular 13, The coronary cushion, bone.

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.

Synonyms:

patella, os sesamoideum, os, sesamoid bone, bone, kneecap, kneepan,

Antonyms:

black, boneless,