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What is a aponeurosis?

a flat sheet or ribbon of tendonlike material that anchors a muscle or connects it with the part that the muscle moves. Basically a tendon that connects a muscle to a bone or another muscle.


What is the type of tendon formed when the connective tissue elements of a skeletal muscle extend as a broad flat layer?

An aponeurosis results


What is the difference between an aponeurosis and a tendon?

They are basically the same thing......connecting muscles to bones but tendons are cord-like and aponeurosis is sheetlike.Describe the difference between a tendon and an aponeurosis


What is the name of a muscle when it is long and flat?

A long flat muscle is characterized as a flat muscle.


Broad flat sheet of a tendon that attaches one skeletal muscle to another?

An aponeurosis is a broad flat sheet of connective tissue that serves as a tendon to attach muscles to one another or to bones. It helps distribute the force of muscular contractions over a broad area, providing strength and support. Aponeuroses are commonly found in anatomical locations where large and powerful muscles need to attach or wrap around bones.


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)


Where are tendons found?

One end of a tendon comes from the end of a muscle while the other end is attached to a bone. Some tendons are round while others are flat. Tendons also differ in length and thickness.


What is Posterior tibial tendon insufficiency?

Posterior tibial tendon insufficiency is the most common cause of adult-flat foot deformities. The tendon degenerates and bony deformities begin to occur in later stages.


Which organ is a flat muscle?

It is a or


What physical conditions contribute to bunion formation?

flat-footedness, a tight Achilles tendon, and rheumatoid arthritis.


What does the medical terminology combining form aponeur- mean?

Aponeurosis is a flat tendon that connect muscles to bone.


What organ is flat muscle?

tongue