aponeurosis
noun
a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
aponeurotic
-
a word derived from
aponeurosis.
Example Sentences
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The amount of displacement depends upon the level of the fracture, and the extent to which the aponeurotic expansion of the triceps is torn.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Each of them is composed of a series of aponeurotic membranes, longitudinal, parallel, horizontal, and at about one line’s distance from each other.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
The distal part of the muscle is aponeurotic and joins with the femorotibialis muscles in the formation of the patellar tendon.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
In the distal half of this muscle there are three distinct parts; the anterior and posterior edges are fleshy and the central part is aponeurotic.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
The muscular part of the diaphragm is thick and strong in every species of dog, while the aponeurotic expansion is comparatively smaller.
From The Dog by William Youatt
