aponeurosis
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aponeurosis (ˌæpənjʊəˈrəʊsɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ses | |
| anatomy a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones | |
| [C17: via New Latin from Greek, from aponeurousthai to change into a tendon, from neuron tendon] | |
| aponeurotic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
aponeurosis
1670s, from L., from Gk. aponeurosis, from aponeuroein, from apo- "off, away from" + neuron "sinew."
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aponeurosis ap·o·neu·ro·sis (āp'ə-n&oobreve;-rō'sĭs, -ny&oobreve;-)
n.
A sheetlike fibrous membrane resembling a flattened tendon that serves as a fascia to bind muscles together or to connect muscle to bone.
ap'o·neu·rot'ic (-rŏt'ĭk) adj.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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aponeurosis
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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Example sentences
Where the muscular fibers are in a direct line with those of the tendon or aponeurosis, the two are directly continuous.
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