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a sheetlike indirect attachment to a skeletal element

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Q: What does the term aponeurosis refer to?
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Where can the bicipital aponeurosis be found?

The bicipital aponeurosis is at the front of the elbow.


What is a broad flat sheet of tendons?

Flat tendon is the aponeurosis which is derived from the superficial fascia situated at the sole of the foot and on the palm. Thus it is called according to the region (ie palmar aponeurosis and plantar aponeurosis)


What is an aponeurosis?

An aponeurosis is a flattened fibrous membrane which binds muscles together or connects them to other body parts.


Is lumbar aponeurosis a muscle?

No


Which aponeurosis travels along the ventral abdominal midline?

The linea alba is the aponeurosis that travels along the ventral abdominal midline.


How do you train the aponeurosis muscle?

There's no such structure as an "aponeurosis muscle." There are a number of muscles that have aponeuroses, and each has a different approach for strengthening.


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What is the aponeurosis of the biceps?

The bicipital aponeurosis is the connective tissue that comes from the distal insertion of the biceps. It helps strengthen the area at the front of the elbow.


What is the aponeurosis action origin insertion?

An aponeurosis is a large sheet of tendon. It depends on which one you are referring to as to origin and insertion. The thoracolumbar aponeurosis, for example, has many insertions, mainly on the latissimus dorsi muscle and its main origin is the spine and sacrum.


What name is given to a sheetlike tendon?

aponeurosis


What are the sheath that connects the frontalis to the occipitalis?

Aponeurosis


What is the function of the epicranial aponeurosis?

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