Aponeurosis Definition

ăpə-no͝o-rōsĭs, -nyo͝o-
aponeuroses
noun
A fibrous membrane that covers certain muscles or connects them to their origins or insertions.
Webster's New World
A sheetlike fibrous membrane, resembling a flattened tendon, that serves as a fascia to bind muscles together or as a means of connecting muscle to bone.
American Heritage Medicine

(anatomy) A flattened fibrous membrane, similar to a tendon, that binds muscles together or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.

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Other Word Forms of Aponeurosis

Noun

Singular:
aponeurosis
Plural:
aponeuroses

Origin of Aponeurosis

  • Greek aponeurōsis from aponeurousthai to become tendinous apo- apo- neuron sinew (s)neəu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Aponeurosis Sentence Examples

  • The rectus sheath or external oblique aponeurosis was clearly exposed around the circumference of the defect.

  • It is attached to the transverse (via the deep transverse metatarsal ligament) and longitudinal tie-bar systems of the plantar aponeurosis.

  • However at present we have no reliable test to exclude interposition of the adductor aponeurosis.

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