(n.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.
Example Sentences:
(1) (1) The superficial layer (external oblique aponeurosis).
(2) Similar results were found for achilles tendon, but the magnitude of the length change involved was smaller than for aponeurosis.
(3) This change in fiber angle proved to be different in the proximal and distal part of the aponeurosis.
(4) Recession of the levator aponeurosis has proved to be an excellent operation to correct upper eyelid retraction in Graves' disease.
(5) Two original operations are proposed: ablation of the great toe with a preliminary transection of the tendon of the long flexor and radical operation of the deep phlegmon of the foot with the dissection of plantar aponeurosis and short flexors of the toes.
(6) It is however restricted by its medial tendon which runs into the palmar aponeurosis.
(7) Hunter's perforator is a vein which joins the great saphenous vein with the femoral vein by passing through the aponeurosis of the adductor (Hunter's) canal, more or less at the junction of the lower and middle thirds of the thigh.
(8) After a blunt trauma diagnosis between levator aponeurosis desinsertion and neurogenic ptosis is important in planing the treatment: early surgery for the first and foregoing for the later.
(9) Aponeurosis length increased (by 31%) as did angle of the aponeurosis with the line of pull (approximately 4 degrees).
(10) In group A, those patients with skin, soft-tissue, and Achilles tendon loss were treated with free groin flaps that included sheets of the external oblique aponeurosis based on the superficial circumflex iliac vessel.
(11) The transversus abdominis aponeurosis and its investing sheath of transversalis fascia are the first line of defense against groin herniation.
(12) Clinical and histologic findings suggest that degeneration and defects of the levator aponeurosis contribute to the ptosis.
(13) Three patches were fixed to the adjacent abdominal aponeurosis with a single row of sutures; seven patches were implanted with a 1-2 cm overlap of patch and aponeurosis and a double row of sutures.
(14) The small differences of geometry between isometric and dynamic conditions are presumably due to the lower muscle force in the dynamic condition and the elastic behaviour of the aponeurosis.
(15) A vulnerable area of traumatic occlusion is provided by the anatomic relationship of the superficial branch of the ulnar artery to the hamate bone and the palmar aponeurosis.
(16) The putting in tension of the dorsal aponeurosis of the digits induces its retraction and the nearness of its insertions on the basis of the 3 phalanges.
(17) The advantages of this implant's design permit stabilization of small epiphyseal fragments with minimal interference of joint function and perhaps a reduction of irritation of the extensor aponeurosis.
(18) Muscle fibres were located between internal aponeuroses, between external aponeuroses, between internal and external aponeuroses, between an internal aponeurosis and the periosteum, and between an external aponeurosis and the periosteum.
(19) Since the iliopubic tract inserts into the pubic ramus, a significant gap is created between it and the main transversus aponeurosis which inserts some distance above into the rectus sheath.
(20) One patient also had upper eyelid retraction, which was decreased by excising Müller's muscle and recessing the levator aponeurosis simultaneously with the lower eyelid surgery.
Fascia
Definition:
(n.) A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
(n.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.
(n.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.
(n.) A broad well-defined band of color.
Example Sentences:
(1) Blocks of hippocampal tissue containing the fascia dentata were taken from late embryonic and newborn rats and transplanted to the hippocampal region of other newborn and young adult rats.
(2) Fascia TM grafts atrophied in 35 of 43 ears (80%), and perichondrium atrophied in 8 of 20 ears (40%).
(3) One month after unilateral transection of the fimbria-fornix an almost complete lack of cholinergic fibers persists in all layers of the dorsal hippocampus and fascia dentata ipsilateral to the lesion when compared to the contralateral hippocampus or to unlesioned control rats.
(4) The authors tested their own technique, using transplants or implants of corium, fascia, dura mater and polyester net, internally in the tendons, fastening them with an external cross suture.
(5) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
(6) Findings, supported also by direct observations on humans, demonstrated that a parotid fascia proper does not exist.
(7) The transversalis fascia of the floor of the femoral canal turns down to form the medial wall of the venous compartment of the femoral sheath, and has the support of the curved edge of the lacunar ligament which effectively bars the femoral canal from entering the thigh.
(8) In sixty-two (73 per cent) of the legs, the nerve coursed within the lateral muscle compartment from its origin to its exit through the crural fascia.
(9) The fibrous layer corresponds to the connective tissue layer, formerly described as fascia trunci superficialis.
(10) The most significant factor affecting the elasticity was the state of hydration of the fascia.
(11) Histologic examination of biopsy specimens from the involved area of skin revealed the presence of inflammatory cell infiltrates and various degrees of collagen accumulation in the dermis, subcutis, fascia, and underlying muscle.
(12) Parapharyngeal space can be defined as a potential space surrounded by deglutitional and masticator muscles and their covering, superficial and middle layer of deep cervical fascia.
(13) Inductive influence of the fascial transplant has been measured in two patients; a tenfold increase in net collagen synthesis and deposition occurs for at least one year following transplantation of fascia to an imbricated scar recipient area.
(14) The abdomen should be temporarily closed with skin flaps, skin grafts, or absorbable mesh, and definitive reconstruction of the fascia should be done at a later operation.
(15) The present study has shown a hitherto unknown axo-axonic cell in the rat fascia dentata.
(16) The results of ongoing prospective randomized studies will clarify the role of fascia removal, resection margins and prophylactic lymphadenectomy in the treatment of malignant melanoma.
(17) Although their numbers are greatest in the polymorph region of the fascia dentata (FD) and in the principal cell layers stratum pyramidale (SP) and stratum granulosum (SG), GAD immunoreactive (GAD-IR) cells are numerous in other strata that contain mostly dendrites and scattered cells.
(18) The anterior renal fascia has been recognized in 71% of cases on the right side and in 88% on the left.
(19) The fascia was inflamed and fibrotic, and adjacent skeletal muscle often showed perifascicular inflammation.
(20) On high-resolution CT scans in the normal subjects, a 1-2-mm-thick line of soft-tissue attenuation at the point of contact between lung and chest wall represents the visceral and parietal pleura, pleural contents, endothoracic fascia, and innermost intercostal muscle.