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Each appendage also has sheathlike tissues wrapping around each joint, making them more elastic, and better able to extend and contract.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2022

In this region the tendon is sheathlike and wrapped around the tendon of the m. flexor perforatus digiti IV.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.

The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg

In the other species examined, the insertion is sheathlike throughout and there are no thick areas.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.

The tendon inserts mainly along the posteromedial edge of the proximal end of the first phalanx of the second digit, although the termination is sheathlike and covers the entire posterior surface of this phalanx.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.