Muscles attached by a flat aponeurotic membrane. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The whole slow slide of your face, your chin and neck is caused by gravity dragging down on your superficial musculo-aponeurotic system. From Wordnik.com. [Diary]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
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 sheath penetrated. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
But whilst the fleshy parts of these three abdominal muscles, D E F, form successive strata in the groin, their aponeurotic tendons present the following peculiarities of arrangement in respect to the rectus muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Scarpa, and, others, I find attempts made to establish a distinction between what is called the "intercolumnar fascia" and the "spermatic fascia," and just as if these were structures separable from each other or from the aponeurotic sheath of the external oblique muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The soleus is then to be scraped through in same direction, and its deep aponeurotic surface carefully slit up. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
The superior border is rounded, and gives attachment to the hyothyroid membrane and some aponeurotic fibers of the Genioglossus. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5b. 9. The Hyoid Bone] Reference
The muscular part of the diaphragm is thick and strong in every species of dog, while the aponeurotic expansion is comparatively smaller. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
The amount of displacement depends upon the level of the fracture, and the extent to which the aponeurotic expansion of the triceps is torn. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The transversalis fascia is a thin aponeurotic membrane which lies between the inner surface of the Transversus and the extraperitoneal fat. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 6d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Abdomen] Reference
The saphenous branch pierces the aponeurotic covering of the adductor canal, and accompanies the saphenous nerve to the medial side of the knee. From Wordnik.com. [VI. The Arteries. 6. The Arteries of the Lower Extremity] Reference
These dangerous sequelæ are liable to follow infection of any scalp wound, but more especially such as implicate the sub-aponeurotic area, or the pericranium. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Slender and aponeurotic in structure at its commencement, it increases in size, and ends in a tendon which forms rather more than the lower half of its length. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 7e. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Forearm] Reference
It is also enveloped in an aponeurotic canal formed by a dense band which extends from the vastus internus muscle to the tendons of the adductor longus and magnus. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
The fasciæ are fibroareolar or aponeurotic laminæ, of variable thickness and strength, found in all regions of the body, investing the softer and more delicate organs. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 3. Tendons, Aponeuroses, and Fasciæ] Reference
Medial to the vessels the iliac fascia is attached to the pectineal line behind the inguinal aponeurotic falx, where it is again continuous with the transversalis fascia. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 8. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Lower Extremity. a. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Iliac Region] Reference
It consists of a thin, aponeurotic lamina composed of oblique fibers, which for the most part run downward and lateralward; some few fibers, however, pass in the opposite direction. From Wordnik.com. [III. Syndesmology. 7c. Articulations between the Tibia and Fibula] Reference
The lateral or clavicular head, composed of fleshy and aponeurotic fibers, arises from the superior border and anterior surface of the medial third of the clavicle; it is directed almost vertically upward. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 5b. The Lateral Cervical Muscles] Reference
The operation is however much more difficult in the middle third of the thigh than in the upper part of the course of the artery, because of its greater depth, and the thickness of its aponeurotic covering. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
Each arises from the entire length of the metacarpal bone of one finger, and is inserted into the side of the base of the first phalanx and aponeurotic expansion of the Extensor communis tendon to the same finger. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 1F. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Hand] Reference
It approaches the femoral artery where this vessel passes beneath the Sartorius, and lies in front of it, behind the aponeurotic covering of the adductor canal, as far as the opening in the lower part of the Adductor magnus. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 6d. The Lumbosacral Plexus] Reference
On either side it gives origin to the Auriculares anterior and superior; in this situation it loses its aponeurotic character, and is continued over the temporal fascia to the zygomatic arch as a layer of laminated areolar tissue. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 4. The Fasciæ and Muscles of the Head. a. The Muscles of the Scalp] Reference
Medial to the femoral vessels it is thin and attached to the pubis and pectineal line, behind the inguinal aponeurotic falx, with which it is united; it descends in front of the femoral vessels to form the anterior wall of the femoral sheath. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 6d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Abdomen] Reference
This facilitates union in incised wounds, but interferes with drainage in the long narrow tracts which result from punctures, and which are so liable to be infected and to implicate the sub-aponeurotic space, the pericranium, or even the bone. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The portion of the iliopectineal fascia which passes behind the femoral vessels is also attached to the pectineal line beyond the limits of the attachment of the inguinal aponeurotic falx; at this part it is continuous with the pectineal fascia. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 8. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Lower Extremity. a. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Iliac Region] Reference
The tendon of the Triceps brachii begins about the middle of the muscle: it consists of two aponeurotic laminæ, one of which is subcutaneous and covers the back of the lower half of the muscle; the other is more deeply seated in the substance of the muscle. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 7d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Arm] Reference
The Subcostales (Infracostales) consist of muscular and aponeurotic fasciculi, which are usually well-developed only in the lower part of the thorax; each arises from the inner surface of one rib near its angle, and is inserted into the inner surface of the second or third rib below. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 6c. The Muscles of the Thorax] Reference
It passes medialward behind the spermatic cord, and expands into a somewhat fan-shaped band, lying behind the superior crus of the subcutaneous inguinal ring, and in front of the inguinal aponeurotic falx, and interlaces with the ligament of the other side of the linea alba (Fig. 396). From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 6d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Abdomen] Reference
Here it quits the artery, and emerges from behind the lower edge of the aponeurotic covering of the canal; it descends vertically along the medial side of the knee behind the Sartorius, pierces the fascia lata, between the tendons of the Sartorius and Gracilis, and becomes subcutaneous. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 6d. The Lumbosacral Plexus] Reference
The fibers arising from the xiphoid process are very short, and occasionally aponeurotic; those from the medial and lateral lumbocostal arches, and more especially those from the ribs and their cartilages, are longer, and describe marked curves as they ascend and converge to their insertion. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 6c. The Muscles of the Thorax] Reference
Her superficial musculo-aponeurotic system. From Wordnik.com. [Diary]
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