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aponeurosis /ap·o·neu·ro·sis/ (-ndbobr-ro´sis) pl. aponeuro´ses [Gr.] a sheetlike tendinous expansion, mainly serving to connect a muscle with the parts it moves.aponeurot´ic extensor aponeurosis see under expansion.
aponeurosis pl. aponeuroses [Gr.] a broad, sheetlike tendon. abdominal aponeurosis the broad tendinous portion of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles that attaches to the linea alba. pharyngeal aponeurosis a fascial sheet within the pharyngeal wall, lined with mucous membrane and covered by the pharyngeal constrictors. |
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Aggressive fibromatosis is believed to arise from within muscles or the muscular aponeurosis. 6,7,9,10) After the plantar aponeurosis was transected, this automatic MTP flexion phenomenon was no longer observed. 1) The term desmoid, which was coined in 1838 by Muller, derives from the Greek desmos, which means band or ligament and is used to indicate an aponeurosis. |
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