aponeurosis

[ ap-uh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo- ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural ap·o·neu·ro·ses [ap-, uh, -n, oo, -, roh, -seez, -ny, oo, -].

1. a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.

aponeurosis

/ ˌæpənjʊəˈrɒtɪk; ˌæpənjʊəˈrəʊsɪs /

noun

1. anatomy a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones

Derived Forms

• aponeurotic, adjective

Other Words From

• ap·o·neu·rot·ic [ap-, uh, -n, oo, -, rot, -ik, -ny, oo, -], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of aponeurosis¹

1670–80; < Greek aponeúrōsis the part of a muscle becoming a tendon, equivalent to aponeurō-, variant stem of aponeuroûn to change to tendon ( apo-, neuron ) + -sis -sis

Word History and Origins

Origin of aponeurosis¹

C17: via New Latin from Greek, from aponeurousthai to change into a tendon, from neuron tendon

Example Sentences

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

From Project Gutenberg

Further, it makes tense the aponeurosis into which it is inserted; this explains the name of tensor of the fascia of the forearm, which is sometimes given to it.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes it is inserted into the olecranon process, at other times into the antibrachial aponeurosis or the epitrochlea.

From Project Gutenberg

Consisting of a single fasciculus, representing the tibial sartorius of the cat and the dog, it arises in the abdominal cavity from the fascia covering the iliac muscle, then passes under the crural arch, and terminates, by an aponeurosis which blends with that of the gracilis, on the inner fibres of the patellar ligament.

From Project Gutenberg

It is attached, besides, to the dorso-lumbar aponeurosis.

From Project Gutenberg