Anatom3DAnserine bursa
Bursa anserina · Burza husí nožky
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A sac on the inner side of the upper shin, under the joined tendons of three thigh muscles (pes anserinus).
What it does
Lets these tendons glide over the tibia and inner knee ligament.
Keeping it well
Inflamed in runners and in knee arthritis, causing tender pain a few cm below the inner knee joint line.
Related conditions
- ACL & meniscus injury
- Baker's (popliteal) cyst
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Gout
- Growing pains
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Varicose veins