In a sheep semilunar bone model, we investigated whether collapse in the intercalar bones lacking bony support could be prevented by the injection of acrylic bone cement.
I call the swelling which overlies the semilunar bone and does not extend beyond its capsular boundaries a ‘ganglion’ because clinically it looks like a ganglion.
Definition of semilunar bone in US English:
semilunar bone
noun
another term for "lunate bone" (see lunate)
Example sentencesExamples
In a sheep semilunar bone model, we investigated whether collapse in the intercalar bones lacking bony support could be prevented by the injection of acrylic bone cement.
I call the swelling which overlies the semilunar bone and does not extend beyond its capsular boundaries a ‘ganglion’ because clinically it looks like a ganglion.