aponeurosis

aponeurosis
aponeurotic /ap'euh noo rot"ik, -nyoo-/, adj.
/ap'euh noo roh"sis, -nyoo-/, n., pl. aponeuroses /-seez/. Anat.
a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
[1670-80; < Gk aponeúrosis the part of a muscle becoming a tendon, equiv. to aponeuro-, var. s. of aponeuroûn to change to tendon (see APO-, NEURON) + -sis -SIS]

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      a flat sheet or ribbon of tendonlike material that anchors a muscle or connects it with the part that the muscle moves. The aponeurosis is composed of dense fibrous connective tissue containing fibroblasts (collagen-secreting spindle-shaped cells) and bundles of collagenous fibres in ordered arrays. Aponeuroses are structurally similar to tendons and ligaments.

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  • aponeurosis — (n.) 1670s, from Latin, from Gk. aponeurosis, from aponeuroein, from apo off, away from (see APO (Cf. apo )) + neuron sinew (see NEURO (Cf. neuro )) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Aponeurosis — Ap o*neu*ro sis, n.; pl. {Aponeuroses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pass into a tendon; ? from + ? to strain the sinews, ? sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci[ae] which cover, invest, and the terminations and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • aponeurosis — (Del gr. ἀπονεύρωσις, extremo del músculo). 1. f. Anat. Membrana formada por tejido conjuntivo fibroso cuyos hacecillos están entrecruzados y que sirve de envoltura a los músculos. 2. Anat. Tendón ensanchado en forma laminar …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Aponeurosis — Aponeuroses (plural of aponeurosis: απο, away or of , and νευρον, sinew ) are layers of flat broad tendons. They have a shiny, whitish silvery color, and are histologically similar to tendons, but are very sparingly supplied with blood vessels… …   Wikipedia

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  • aponeurosis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek aponeurōsis, from aponeurousthai to pass into a tendon, from apo + neuron sinew more at nerve Date: 1676 a broad flat sheet of dense fibrous collagenous connective tissue that covers, invests, and forms the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • aponeurosis — A fibrous sheet or flat, expanded tendon, giving attachment to muscular fibers and serving as the means of origin or insertion of a flat muscle; it sometimes also performs the office of a fascia for other muscles. [G. the end of the muscle where… …   Medical dictionary

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