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bursa

[bur-suh] / ˈbɜr sə /


NOUN
sac
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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

"Overall, what we're seeing is a beneficial role of the bursa for rotator cuff health, in contrast with the historical view that the inflamed bursa is detrimental," says Thomopoulos.

From Science Daily Apr. 25, 2024

"But we really don't know the role of the bursa in rotator cuff disease, so we don't know the full implications of removing it," Thomopoulos says.

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

The tendo-calcaneus is detached from the calcaneus, the bursa dissected out, and the tendon replaced.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

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

Irradiated chickens with no bursae produced no antibodies when injected with either bovine serum albumin, a protein derived from cattle, or the bacterium Brucella abortus.

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

Two bursae, the subacromial bursa and the subscapular bursa, help to prevent friction between the rotator cuff muscle tendons and the scapula as these tendons cross the glenohumeral joint.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Lack of cloacal bursae in T. ornata and in all testudinids, can be correlated with the completely terrestrial habits of those turtles.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler




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