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Aponeurosis

Aponeurosis Meaning & Definition
Aponeurosis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aponeurosis?

[n] any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons

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See Also | facia | fascia

Aponeurosis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap`o*neu*ro"sis\, n.; pl. {Aponeuroses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pass into a tendon; ? from + ? to strain the sinews, ? sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci[ae] which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See {Fascia}.

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