Inflammation of third sesamoid and deep flexor tendon, 157.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

The patella, according to Strangeways, may be considered a sesamoid bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

It is not uncommon for a bony enlargement to form on the sesamoid bone after a few months or a year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

While it is possible for one sesamoid bone to become involved without its fellow being affected, this is not usual.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

In other instances, it is possible to note a displacement of parts of the sesamoid bones -- this in horizontal fracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

The two shallow articular cavities belonging to the superior extremity are completed posteriorly by the two sesamoid bones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

There seems to be a simple color scheme, the mastoid bone seems reduced or absent, the sesamoid bone on each paw is missing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prof. Steve Steve Costume Contest - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

The “false thumb” of pandas is a carpal bone, the radial sesamoid, which has been enlarged and functions as an opposable thumb.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Panda's Thumb has Evolved ... Twice! - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Did these changes in dentition precede the development of the modified radial sesamoid bone or were the changes in dentition secondary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welcome Back - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Inflammation of the proximal sesamoid bones is caused by any kind of irritation which may involve this part of the inhibitory apparatus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

The following Table of 206 bones is exclusive of the 8 sesamoid bones which occur in pairs at the roots of the thumb and great toe, making.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference

No special pathological condition characterizes sesamoiditis but this condition causes incurable lameness when the sesamoid bones are much inflamed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

Finding the suspensory ligament intact from its origin to the sesamoid attachments, one may also eliminate rupture of this structure as a cause of the trouble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

Passing down between the suspensory ligament in front, and the perforatus tendon behind, it glides over the sesamoid pulley and passes through the ring formed by the perforatus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference

If the puncture involves the sesamoid sheath, the synovial fluid escapes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

The flexor and extensor tendons and the sesamoid bones are displaced laterally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

—Additional head from the sesamoid bone in the outer head of the Gastrocnemius.    From Wordnik.com.  [IV. Myology. 8c. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Leg] Reference

Each metatarsal head has paired facets ventrally for articulating sesamoid bones.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The patellæ, together with the other sesamoid bones, are by some regarded as short bones.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton] Reference

The patellæ are included in this enumeration, but the smaller sesamoid bones are not reckoned.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton] Reference

Common injuries of sesamoid bones include this - a common foot ailment in dancers is sesamoiditis.    From Wordnik.com.  [WWLTV.com Top Stories] Reference

'He fractured his sesamoid and is going to be operated on this afternoon,' said trainer Henry Daly.    From Wordnik.com.  [RTÉ News] Reference

The tendon contains a sesamoid fibrocartilage, as it runs under the plantar calcaneonavicular ligament.    From Wordnik.com.  [IV. Myology. 8c. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Leg] Reference

In the upper extremity the sesamoid bones of the joints are found only on the palmar surface of the hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 6d. 5. The Sesamoid Bones] Reference

Most bears have the muscles for a radial sesamoid, but the bony extension tends to be small and insignificant.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

This "thumb" is not really a finger (like the human thumb is), but an extra-long sesamoid bone that works like a thumb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clipmarks | Live Clips] Reference

It is a sesamoid bone belonging to the thigh muscles; yet in this case it has been left attached, apparently to the shank.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eye of Osiris] Reference

In the lower extremity the largest sesamoid bone of the joints is the patella, developed in the tendon of the Quadriceps femoris.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 6d. 5. The Sesamoid Bones] Reference

Tiz Chrome's trainer Bob Baffert said the colt suffered a fatal fracture of the left front sesamoid during a workout Sunday morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shad Plank] Reference

Dressage horses can bow tendons, or have problems in the branch of the suspensory ligament in the area of the proximal sesamoid bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference