aponeurosis

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A flattened fibrous membrane, similar to a tendon, that binds muscles together or connects them to bone
any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons
thin sheath connecting muscle to other tissue; a tendon asymmetry - one side unmatched to the other atrophy - thinning or loss of substance within a tissue layer
tendon
{i} membrane formed by the expansion of a tendon
They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin
Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles
aponeurosis
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