aponeurosis
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aponeuroses
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Origin of aponeurosis
1670–80; < Greek aponeúrōsis the part of a muscle becoming a tendon, equivalent to aponeurō-, variant stem of aponeuroûn to change to tendon ( see apo-, neuron) + -sis -sis
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The broad, triangular latissimus dorsi is located on the inferior part of the back, where it inserts into a thick connective tissue shealth called an aponeurosis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In other places, the mysia may fuse with a broad, tendon-like sheet called an aponeurosis, or to fascia, the connective tissue between skin and bones.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Now, as the fleshy layer is thicker than the aponeurosis, the result is that the mode of constitution of this muscle can be recognised under the skin.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
It twists approximately 130° as it runs anteriorly, and becomes a thin aponeurosis, which gives rise on its dorsal and ventral surfaces to many fibers that insert in a fan-shaped area on the mandibular fossa.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Robert L. Merz
All of the fibers of the muscle insert on the posteroventral surface of the aponeurosis before it divides.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Robert L. Merz
Muscles attach to bones directly or through tendons or aponeuroses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The insertion is primarily by means of two aponeuroses.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Robert L. Merz
Divide the aponeuroses between the recti upon a director.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
It would appear to involve mainly the fibrous tissue of muscles, although it may extend from this to aponeuroses, ligaments, periosteum, and the sheaths of nerves.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Again, tendons are spread out in a flat layer on the surface of muscles, in which case they are called aponeuroses.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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