2. Bone Health : Search Results - healthfinder.gov - Your Source for Reliable Health Information
If you are age 65 or older, it's time to get a test to find out your bone strength. A bone density test will tell you if you are at risk for osteoporosis.... Details >
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3. Paget disease of bone - Educational resources - Information pages - Genetics Home Reference
These resources supplement the information in the Genetics Home Reference condition summary on Paget disease of bone.
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4. Bone, sesamoid definition - eMedicineHealth - experts in everyday emergencies, first aid and health information
bone, sesamoid definition Definition of Bone, sesamoid Bone, sesamoid: See Sesamoid bone.
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5. Torn Tendon And Sesamoid Bone Spur - HealthCentral
A wound is an injury that causes either an internal or external break in body tissue. An open wound (as in a knife cut) is a break in the skin or mucous membrane.
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6. The Sesamoid Bones - Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - Yahoo! Education
Sesamoid bones are small more or less rounded masses embedded in certain tendons and usually related to joint surfaces. Their functions probably are to modify pressure, to diminish friction, and occasionally to alter the direction of a muscle pull...
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7. Sesamoid bone definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms
Sesamoid bone: A little bone embedded in a joint capsule or tendon. The kneecap (patella) is a sesamoid bone.
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8. Sesamoid Fracture
A sesamoid is a type of bone that is found within a tendon. Sesamoid fractures most commonly refer to the bones located under the big toe. These small bones allow smooth movement of the feet. These are the least...
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9. Broken Bone, Information & Treatment
If more pressure is put on a bone than it can stand, it will split or break. A break of any size is called a fracture. If the broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open fracture (compound fracture).
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10. Sesamoid Fracture - Sesamoiditis/Sesamoid Fractures - Podiatry Channel
A fracture of one or both sesamoid bones produces many of the same symptoms as sesamoiditis: pain in the ball of the foot and first metatarsophalangeal joint, swelling, and limited plantarflexion/dorsiflexion. In sesamoiditis,...
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