mesotendineum /meso·ten·din·e·um/ (-ten-din´e-um) the connective tissue sheath attaching a tendon to its fibrous sheath.
mes·o·ten·di·ne·um (m z  -tn-d n  - m)n. Any of the synovial layers that pass from a tendon to the wall of a tendon sheath where tendons lie within osteofibrous canals. Also called mesotendon. |
mesotendineum, mesotendon
the connective tissue sheath attaching a tendon to its synovial sheath. It may persist, disappear altogether, or leave vestigial strands called vincula (see vinculum).
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