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 often becomes inflamed, sometimes concurrently, when underlying tendons are injured, and surgeons often remove the tissue because they suspect it is a source of shoulder inflammation and pain.

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

The bursa beneath the quadriceps extensor—subcrural bursa—usually communicates with the knee-joint and shares in its diseases.

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