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Definition of Aponeurosis

1. Noun. Any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons.

Definition of Aponeurosis

1. n. Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.

Definition of Aponeurosis

1. Noun. (anatomy) A flattened fibrous membrane, similar to a tendon, that binds muscles together or connects them other body parts like skin or bone. ¹

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Definition of Aponeurosis

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Medical Definition of Aponeurosis

1. Origin: Gr, fr. To pass into a tendon; from + to strain the sinews, sinew, tendon, nerve. Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Aponeurosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"In the soft palate its tendon and the palatine aponeurosis are anterior to ... Palatine aponeurosis.—Attached to the posterior border of the hard palate is ..."

2. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"PLANTAR aponeurosis.—The palm and the sole are much exposed, and are especially defended by s. thick tendinous aponeurosis. In the palm, there is the more ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The Flexor digitorum brevis lies in the middle of the sole of the foot, immediately above the central part of the plantar aponeurosis, with which it is ..."

4. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The aponeurosis of the Obliquus externus abdominis is a thin but strong ... In the middle line, it interlaces with the aponeurosis of the opposite muscle, ..."

5. A Treatise on the Motor Apparatus of the Eyes: Embracing an Exposition of by George Thomas Stevens (1906)
"EXTERNAL CAPSULE OR EXTERNAL aponeurosis. Returning now to the line where the bulbar ... The aponeurosis, for the bettor understanding of this course, ..."

6. Tablets of anatomy and physiology by Thomas Cooke (1878)
"They all three assist in forming the linea alba & the she-nth of the aponeurosis OF EXTERNAL OBLIQUE — The strongest & widest of the three, and widest at ..."

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