Epitenon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bundle of parallel arrays of fascicles, forming a sheath around tendons.

    "It expands on the surface of the tendon, forming a delicate, almost microscopic layer, the epitenon. Paratenon, epitenon, and mesotenon constitute the esotenon as opposed to the endotenon, the connected-tissue strands within the tendon."

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endotenonparatenon

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"It expands on the surface of the tendon, forming a delicate, almost microscopic layer, the epitenon. Paratenon, epitenon, and mesotenon constitute the esotenon as opposed to the endotenon, the connected-tissue strands within the tendon."

Etymology

From epi- + Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon”).

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