aponeurosis
[ap-uh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo-]
- a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
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Origin of aponeurosis
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It is covered by an aponeurosis, and in part by the great gluteal.
Artistic Anatomy of Animalsdouard Cuyer
In the pig, and especially in the horse, it passes further upwards, to arise from the aponeurosis of the coccygeal muscles.
Artistic Anatomy of Animalsdouard Cuyer
Fibers attach to the dorsal and ventral side of the aponeurosis.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged DovesRobert L. Merz
The aponeurosis crosses the medial side of the insertion of M. pterygoideus dorsalis medialis.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged DovesRobert L. Merz
Part of the aponeurosis becomes tendonlike in the middle of M. pterygoideus ventralis and separates its two divisions.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged DovesRobert L. Merz
aponeurosis
- anatomy a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
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Word Origin for aponeurosis
C17: via New Latin from Greek, from aponeurousthai to change into a tendon, from neuron tendon
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aponeurosis
(ăp′ə-nu-rō′sĭs)- A sheetlike fibrous membrane resembling a flattened tendon that serves as a fascia to bind muscles together or to connect muscle to bone.
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