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Bone, sesamoid: See Sesamoid bone.
What is a Sesamoid? A sesamoid is a bone embedded in a tendon. Sesamoids are found in several joints in the body. In the normal foot, the sesamoids are two pea-shaped ...
A fracture of one or both sesamoid bones ... front end of the first long bone of the forefoot). The other four toes each have three phalanges, two joints, and no sesamoid ...
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In anatomy, a sesamoid bone is a bone embedded within a tendon. Sesamoids are found in locations where a tendon passes over a joint, such as the hand, knee, and foot.
In some cases an MRI of the foot is needed to evaluate if the bone is viable or if it has lost its blood supply (avascular necrosis). X-ray showing fractured sesamoid.