(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.
Tendon
Definition:
(n.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pain is not reported in the removal area, the clinical examinations show identical findings on both patellar tendons, X-ray and ultrasound evaluations do not demonstrate any change in patellar position.
(2) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
(3) In case of isolated damage of deep flexor tendon of the II-V fingers at the level of the I zone there were made palliative operations of 12 fingers: tenodesis and arthrodesis of distal interphalangeal articulation in functionally advantageous position.
(4) A distally based posterior tibial artery adipofascial flap with skin graft was used for the reconstruction of soft tissue defects over the Achilles tendon in three cases and over the heel in three cases.
(5) Tendon (T) and Hoffmann (H) reflexes were analyzed during static stretching (SS).
(6) The results may be summarized as follows: (1) The tendon tissues of the two main groups compared, differ structurally in several respects.
(7) The surgical procedure, using a dispensable tendon, could be directly associated to the sutures of the proximal injuries of the cubital nerve as a temporary palliative.
(8) The etiology, diagnosis and surgical treatment of stenosing tenosynovitis of the peroneal tendons is presented.
(9) On the other hand, ultraviolet (320-nm) light, absorbed by 3-hydroxy-pyridinium cross-links which were rapidly photolyzed, partially dissociated polymeric collagen aggregates from bovine Achilles tendon after subsequent heating.
(10) We attribute the greater strength of the step-cut repair to the additional number of epitendinous loops, which lie perpendicular to the long axis of the tendon.
(11) 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.
(12) Tension in flexor tendons during wrist flexion may play a role in otherwise unexplained instances of the carpal tunnel syndrome.
(13) This phenomenon can have a special significance for defining the vitality in inflammation of bone tissue, in burns and in necrosis of soft tissues a.a. of the Achilles tendon.
(14) While tonic pupil and reduced sweating can be attributed to the affection of postganglionic cholinergic parasympathetic and sympathetic fibres projecting to the iris and sweat glands, respectively, the pathogenesis of diminished or lost tendon jerks remains obscure.
(15) The author maintains that the osteoma of the brachial muscle as well as post-traumatic periarticular calcifications, occur in the muscle mass or in the tendon that prolongs it, or in the articular capsule, as a result of surgical treament and post-operative immobilization, and only exceptionally following orthopaedic treatment of traumatic lesions.
(16) Small extensions from the distopalmar outpouchings were seen and extended axially into the fibers of the suspensory ligament or between the suspensory ligament and the distal accessory ligament of the deep digital flexor tendon.
(17) Medial canthal tendon resection and tucks or transnasal wiring are then performed.
(18) The number of motor units which produced either an 'unloading' or an 'off response' exceeded, on average, the number of motor units which excited the same tendon organ.
(19) This method was used in 51 cut tendons in 38 patients.
(20) Tendon organ units consistently showed ;in series' response patterns during muscle contractions.