bursa

McVay said a few days later that a bursa sac in Nacua’s knee had burst.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024

"The loss of mechanical integrity in the uninjured tendon in the absence of the bursa was striking," Thomopoulos says.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024

"Our findings in an animal model indicate that surgeons should not remove the bursa without carefully considering the consequences."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024

Small fluid-filled sacs called bursa, which normally cushion the joint, may instead swell and ache.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

Cartilaginous and partly ossified loose bodies may accumulate in the ilio-psoas bursa and distend it, both in a downward direction towards the hip-joint, with which it communicates, and upwards, projecting towards the abdomen.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

Dolphins and other toothed whales, such as the beluga, echolocate via a specialized organ called the dorsal bursae, which sits at the top of their head, close to the blowhole.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 3, 2021

To study the role of the organ, Glick and his colleagues used chickens that had had their bursae removed for an unrelated experiment.

From Nature ● Jan. 5, 2015

Subcutaneous bursae prevent friction between the skin and an underlying bone, submuscular bursae protect muscles from rubbing against a bone or another muscle, and a subtendinous bursa prevents friction between bone and a muscle tendon.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Three major bursae and a fat pad are part of the complex joint that unites the femur and tibia of the leg.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Wounds involving muscles, tendons and bursae usually cause lameness, and when involving a special organ, interfere with, or destroy, its function.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.