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

"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

Before operating, any infective condition, such as a suppurating corn or bursa, must be corrected.

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

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

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

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

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