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Descriptor English: Aponeurosis
Descriptor Spanish: Aponeurosis
Descriptor aponeurosis
Entry term(s) membrana aponeurótica
Scope note: Tejido conectivo fibroso y denso, parecido al tendón, aplanado o extendido que conecta los músculos entre sí o con el hueso.
Descriptor Portuguese: Aponeurose
Descriptor French: Aponévrose
Entry term(s): Aponeuroses
Tree number(s): A02.083
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000070606
Scope note: The flattened and/or expanded “tendon-like” dense fibrous connective tissue that connects skeletal muscles to each other or to bone.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Tendons (1966-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
DeCS ID: 56246
Unique ID: D000070606
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Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/06/29
Revision Date: 2016/01/20
Aponeurosis - Preferred
Concept UI M000611246
Scope note The flattened and/or expanded “tendon-like” dense fibrous connective tissue that connects skeletal muscles to each other or to bone.
Preferred term Aponeurosis
Entry term(s) Aponeuroses



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