Cyamella in Man - Its Morphology and Review of Literature

A sesamoid bone is a little bone embedded in a joint capsule or tendon. We observed a very rare sesamoid bone (cyamella) in the popliteus muscle of a 48 - year - old male cadaver. Further, the related literature is reviewed and the probable functions, morphology and clinical significance of the vari...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Reddy,Sreenivasulu, Vollala,Venkata Ramana, Rao,Rajashekar
Langue:English
Publié: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2007
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022007000200024
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
Description
Résumé:A sesamoid bone is a little bone embedded in a joint capsule or tendon. We observed a very rare sesamoid bone (cyamella) in the popliteus muscle of a 48 - year - old male cadaver. Further, the related literature is reviewed and the probable functions, morphology and clinical significance of the variation are discussed