epitenon

E1P3I1T1E1N1O1N1

noun

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

OriginAncient Greek τένων →
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Meanings

nounepitenon (plural epitenons)

plural epitenons

  1. anatomyA 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.

    1916, Clinics of John B. Murphy at Mercy Hospital, Chicago, volume 5, number 2

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτένων“tendon”
  2. Englishepitenon

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

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Chicago

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