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  2. Sesamoid bone - Wikipedia

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    Sesamoid bones can be found on joints throughout the human body, including: In the knee—the patella (within the quadriceps tendon). This is the largest sesamoid bone. [4] In the hand—two sesamoid bones are commonly found in the distal portions of the first metacarpal bone (within the tendons of adductor pollicis and flexor pollicis brevis).

  3. Anatomical terms of bone - Wikipedia

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    A sesamoid bone is a small, round bone that, as the name suggests, is shaped like a sesame seed. These bones form in tendons (the sheaths of tissue that connect bones to muscles) where a great deal of pressure is generated in a joint. The sesamoid bones protect tendons by helping them overcome compressive forces.

  4. Pisiform bone - Wikipedia

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    It is the last carpal bone to ossify. The pisiform bone is a small bone found in the proximal row of the wrist . It is situated where the ulna joins the wrist, within the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. [1]: 199, 205 It only has one side that acts as a joint, articulating with the triquetral bone. It is on a plane anterior to the ...

  5. Category:Sesamoid bones - Wikipedia

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  6. Sesamoiditis - Wikipedia

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    The sesamoid bones lie behind the bones of the fetlock, at the back of the joint, and help to keep the tendons and ligaments that run between them correctly functioning. Usually periostitis (new bone growth) occurs along with sesamoiditis, and the suspensory ligament may also be affected. Sesamoiditis results in inflammation, pain, and ...

  7. List of anatomical variations - Wikipedia

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    Epipteric bone; Foramen tympanicum; Ossified petrosphenoid ligament; Ossification anomalies of the atlas (C1) Craniopharyngeal canal; Canalis basilaris medianus; Fossa navicularis magna; Transverse basilar fissure (Saucer’s fissure) Arcus praebasiocipitalis; Stafne bone cavity; Arcuate foramen; Ossiculum terminale (of dens) Os odontoideum ...

  8. Vietnamese name - Wikipedia

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    TRAN LE Quoc Toan TRAN LE Q. T. Quoc Toan TRAN LE Q. T. TRAN LE [D] Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh: Bùi Hoàng: Việt Anh (no middle name) B. H. Việt Anh BUI HOANG Viet Anh BUI HOANG V. A. Viet Anh BUI HOANG V. A. BUI HOANG [E] Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh: Tôn Nữ: Thị Ninh T. N. Thị Ninh T. N. T. Ninh [B] TON NU Thi Ninh TON NU T. N. Thi Ninh TON ...

  9. Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng - Wikipedia

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    The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (Vietnamese: [vìət naːm kwə́wk zən ɗa᷉ːŋ]; chữ Hán: 越南國民黨; lit. ' Vietnamese Nationalist Party ' or ' Vietnamese National Party '), abbreviated VNQDĐ or Việt Quốc, was a nationalist and democratic socialist political party that sought independence from French colonial rule in Vietnam during the early 20th century. [4]