aponeurosis
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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
Part of the aponeurosis becomes tendonlike in the middle of M. pterygoideus ventralis and separates its two divisions.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Merz, Robert L.
The latter, which is more considerable than the preceding portion, arises above from the sacral crest, from the aponeurosis which envelops the coccygeal muscles, from the sacro-sciatic ligament, and from the tuberosity of the ischium.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
The insertion is by means of an aponeurosis that becomes tendonlike along the posteroventrolateral crista and the posteriormost part of the ventral edge of the lower mandible.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Merz, Robert L.
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