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mesotendon

The synovial layers that pass from a tendon to the wall of a tendon sheath where tendons lie within osteofibrous canals. In most instances, the mesotendon degenerates, leaving only the vinculae. e.g., the mesotendons of the flexor pollicis longus & flexor digitorum superficialis & profundus remain as vascular folds (vinculae).

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tendon hand

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.

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