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 researchers documented similar changes to cells and proteins in bursa samples from patients who underwent surgery to repair rotator cuff injuries, suggesting comparable processes may occur in people.

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

Swelling is rarely a prominent feature, except when there is a collection of synovial fluid or of pus in the bursa beneath the deltoid.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

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

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

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

Etiology and Occurrence.—The thecae and bursae of the leg are several in number.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix