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aponeurosis [¦ap·ə‚nu̇′rō·səs] (anatomy) A broad sheet of regularly arranged connective tissue that covers a muscle or serves to connect a flat muscle to a bone. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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