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In anatomy, a sesamoid bone (/ ˈ s ɛ s əm ɔɪ d /) [1] [2] is a bone embedded within a tendon or a muscle. [3] Its name is derived from the Greek word for 'sesame seed', indicating the small size of most sesamoids. Often, these bones form in response to strain, [4] or can be present as a normal variant. The patella is the
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Stage 2: Decreased local edema, with coalescence of fragments and absorption of fine bone debris. Stage 3: No local edema, with consolidation and remodeling (albeit deformed) of fracture fragments. The foot is now stable. Atrophic features: "Licked candy stick" appearance, commonly seen at the distal aspect of the metatarsals; Diabetic osteolysis
The fabella is a small sesamoid bone found in some mammals embedded in the tendon of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle behind the lateral condyle of the femur. It is an accessory bone, an anatomical variation present in 39% of humans. [1] [2] Rarely, there are two or three of these bones (fabella bi- or tripartita).
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Crepitus is "a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone". Various types of crepitus that can be heard in joint pathologies are: Bone crepitus: This can be heard when two fragments of a fracture are moved against each other.
A Lisfranc injury, also known as Lisfranc fracture, is an injury of the foot in which one or more of the metatarsal bones are displaced from the tarsus. [1] [2]The injury is named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin, a French surgeon and gynecologist who noticed this fracture pattern amongst cavalrymen in 1815, after the War of the Sixth Coalition.