Bursae Anatomy Main
Description
Name
- Bursae
- Bursa
General
- Bursa are small, fluid filled sacs that act as a cushion and lubricate areas where bone, skin, tendons, muscles come into contact
- They help reduce friction and facilitate movement
- There are more than 200 bursae in the human body with significant anatomic variability
Head and Neck
- Prepatellar bursa of the forehead (occasional)
- Supraspinous bursa of the nuchal ligament
- Atlanto Occipital Bursa
- Retropharyngeal bursa
Bursa of the Shoulder
- Subacromial Bursa
- Subscapular Bursa
- Subcoracoid Bursa
- Scapulothoracic Bursa
- Infraspinatus Bursa
- Coracoclavicular Bursa
Bursa of the Elbow
- Olecranon Bursa
- Bicipitoradial Bursa
- Subtendinous Bursa of Triceps Brachii
- Intratendinous Olecranon Bursa
- Radioulnar bursa
- Interosseous Bursa of Forearm
- Subcutaneous bursa of medial epicondyle
- Subcutaneous bursa of lateral epicondyle
- Bursa of anconeus / subanconeous bursae
- Bursa at origin of extensor carpi radialis brevis
- Ulna nerve bursae
Wrist and Hand
- Ulnar Bursa (common flexor tendon sheath)
- Radial Bursa (flexor pollicis longus sheath)
- Intermetacarpal bursae
- Dorsal wrist bursae (beneath extensor tendons)
- Bursa of extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus
Bursa of the Hip
- Iliopsoas Bursa
- Ischiogluteal Bursa (Ischial Bursa)
- Bursa of Obturator Internus
- Trochanteric Bursa (Subglute Max Bursa)
- Gluteofemoral Bursa
- Subgluteus Medius Bursa
- Subgluteus Minimus Bursa
Bursae of the Knee
- Suprapatellar Bursa
- Prepatellar Bursa
- Superficial Infrapatellar Bursa
- Deep Infrapatellar Bursa
- Semimembranosus Bursa
- Semimembranosus Gastrocnemius Bursa
- Pes Anserine Bursa
Bursae of the Foot and Ankle
- Retrocalcaneal Bursa
- Subcutaneous Calcaneal Bursa
- Intermetatarsal Bursae
- Subtendinous bursa of the tibialis posterior
- Malleolar bursae (medial and lateral)
- Bursa of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (common in bunions)
- Bursa of the flexor hallucis longus tendon
- Bursa of the Extensor Digitorum Longus (Gruberi Bursa)
- Subcutaneous Bursa of Medial Malleolus
- Lateral Premalleolar Bursa
- Metatarsophalangeal Bursa
See Also
References
- ↑ Case courtesy of Henry Knipe, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 31397
- ↑ Image courtesy of https://clinicalgate.com/bursitis/
- ↑ Image courtesy of anatomyqa.com
- ↑ Agur, Anne MR, and Arthur F. Dalley. Moore's essential clinical anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022.
- ↑ Image courtesy of https://www.rehabmypatient.com/
- ↑ Image courtesy of ankleandfootcenter.com
Created by:
John Kiel on 18 April 2025 22:33:06
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