aponeurosis

American  

[ap-uh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo-] / ˌæp ə nʊˈroʊ sɪs, -nyʊ- /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

aponeuroses

1. a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.

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aponeurosis British  

/ ˌæpənjʊəˈrɒtɪk, ˌæpənjʊəˈrəʊsɪs /

noun

1. anatomy a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones

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Other Word Forms

• aponeurotic adjective

Etymology

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 ( apo-, neuron ) + -sis -sis

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• aponeurosis vs. tendon

Example Sentences

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

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

The insertion is tendinous on the dorsal surface of the lower mandible in common with the dorsal aponeurosis of pars profundus.

From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Merz, Robert L.

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 Merz, Robert L.

Sometimes it is inserted into the olecranon process, at other times into the antibrachial aponeurosis or the epitrochlea.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard