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Aponeurosis   Listen
Aponeurosis

noun
(pl. aponeuroses)
1.
Any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons.





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... the best functional results are most speedily obtained by operative measures. The laceration of the aponeurosis of the quadriceps, the tilting of the fragments, and the interposition of the torn periosteum between them, can in no other way be rectified with certainty. The operation, however, should only be undertaken by those who are familiar with wound technique, and who have the means at ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Aponeurosis" :   facia, aponeurotic, fascia


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