sesamoid bone

Definition

A sesamoid element that is composed of bone tissue.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Sub-structures

• patella
• sesamoid bone of foot

Neighbouring structures

• carpal bone
• tarsal bone

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Identifiers

TA2

374

TA98

A02.0.00.016

FMA

32672

UBERON

0001479

Wikidata

Q1365684