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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Sesamoid Bones
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Sesamoid Bones

Preferred term

Sesamoid Bones  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • Nodular bones which lie within a tendon and slide over another bony surface. The kneecap (see PATELLA) is a sesamoid bone.

In other languages

  • jänneluut

    Finnish

  • jänneluu
  • os sesamoideum
  • seesamluu
  • seesamluut
  • sesamluu
  • sesamluut
  • Sesamben

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012716

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