Editing Aponeurosis (section)

{{Short description|Tissue which connects muscles to other organs}}
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| Name        = Aponeurosis
| Latin       = aponeurosis ([[plural]]: aponeuroses)
| Image       = Lumbar aponeurosis.jpg
| Caption     = Lumbar aponeurosis of the [[Visible Human Project|Visible Human Male]]
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An '''aponeurosis''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|p|ə|nj|ʊəˈr|oʊ|s|ɪ|s}}; {{plural form}}: '''aponeuroses''') is a flattened [[tendon]]<ref name = "Willard_2012">{{cite journal | vauthors = Willard FH, Vleeming A, Schuenke MD, Danneels L, Schleip R | title = The thoracolumbar fascia: anatomy, function and clinical considerations | journal = Journal of Anatomy | volume = 221 | issue = 6 | pages = 507–536 | date = December 2012 | pmid = 22630613 | pmc = 3512278 | doi = 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01511.x }}</ref> by which muscle attaches to bone or [[fascia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of aponeurosis | work = Dictionary.com |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/aponeurosis |access-date=2023-05-16 |language=en}}</ref> Aponeuroses exhibit an ordered arrangement of collagen fibres, thus attaining high tensile strength in a particular direction while being vulnerable to tensional or shear forces in other directions.<ref name = "Willard_2012" /> They have a shiny, whitish-silvery color, are [[histologically]] similar to [[tendon]]s, and are very sparingly supplied with [[blood vessels]] and [[nerves]]. When dissected, aponeuroses are papery and peel off by sections. The primary regions with thick aponeuroses are in the [[Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral|ventral]] [[abdominal]] region, the dorsal [[lumbar]] region, the [[gizzard|ventriculus]] in birds, and the [[Anatomical terms of location#Hands and feet|palmar]] (palms) and [[Anatomical terms of location#Hands and feet|plantar]] (soles) regions.