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adj. - Of or relating to any of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae that cover, invest, and form the terminations and attachments of certain muscles and differ from tendons in being flat and thin

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  • Muscles attached by a flat aponeurotic membrane
  • The whole slow slide of your face, your chin and neck is caused by gravity dragging down on your superficial musculo-aponeurotic system.
  • The point where in this instance the fibres of the aponeurotic tendon of the external oblique muscle begin to separate and form the pillars of the external ring.
  • At times, however, especially when its aponeurotic expansion is diseased, the necrosis of the perforans spreads until the aponeurosis is eaten through and the phalangeal...
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