bursa
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McVay said a few days later that a bursa sac in Nacua’s knee had burst.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024
The bursa is a thin, fluid-filled sac originally thought to protect the tendons by providing a cushion between the tendons and adjacent bones.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024
The researchers found that the presence of the bursa protected the undamaged tendon by maintaining its mechanical properties and protected the bone by maintaining its morphometry.
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
In the region of the ankle cellulitis is not common; but around the knee it frequently occurs in relation to the prepatellar bursa and to the popliteal lymph glands, and may endanger the knee-joint.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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