Tags: Anatomical Structure.

Aponeuroses (plural of aponeurosis: απο away or of and νευρον sinew and pronounced ap·o·neu·ro·sis) are layers of flat broad tendons. They have a shiny whitish-silvery color are histologically similar to tendons and are very sparingly supplied with blood vessels and nerves. When dissected aponeuroses are papery and peel off by sections.

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