Example Sentences

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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

To study the role of the organ, Glick and his colleagues used chickens that had had their bursae removed for an unrelated experiment.

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

Two bursae, the subacromial bursa and the subscapular bursa, help to prevent friction between the rotator cuff muscle tendons and the scapula as these tendons cross the glenohumeral joint.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Most people know that bunions are inflammations of the bursae which form over the metacarpo-phalangeal joint of the big toe whenever there is pressure and irritation of it.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)