aponeurosisn.
/ˌapəʊnjʊəˈrəʊsɪs/ Physiology.
A white, shining, fibrous membrane, sometimes serving as the sheath of a muscle, sometimes forming the connection between a muscle and a tendon.
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aponeurosis1676
sarcolemma1840
perimysium1842
Z line1916
Z band1950
sarcoplasmic reticulum1953
1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 769 The lower [muscle]..arises from the vertebræ of the loyns, and ends in the same aponeurosis.
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 93 I removed the cyst from off the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. viii. 281 Muscles are..separated from each other by membranes termed aponeuroses.
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