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What is an aponeurosis?

What is an aponeurosis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (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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The gastrocnemius muscle aponeurosis is well defined and thick.
The ventral aponeurosis inserts on a crista immediately below the insertion of the dorsal aponeurosis.
A slip, radiopalmaris, may arise directly from the radius beneath sublimis and attach to the palmar aponeurosis or the common sheath of the flexor tendons.
Radiographs may show calcific deposits in the extensor aponeurosis or spurring but are frequently normal.
The muscle fibers arise from the intertendinous aponeurosis and intermediate tendon and insert on the inner surface of the mandible.
The plantar fascia is a thickened fibrous aponeurosis that originates from the medial tubercle of the calcaneus and runs forward to form the longitudinal foot arch.

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