Tendon sheath
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| Tendon sheath | |
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| Latin | vagina tendinis |
| Code | TH H3.03.00.0.00028 |
A tendon sheath is a layer of membrane around a tendon.[1] It permits the tendon to move.[2]
It has two layers:
Fibroma of the tendon sheath has been described.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/defs.mhtml
- ^ "tendon sheath" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ Ciatti; Mariani, P. (2009). "Fibroma of tendon sheath located within the ankle joint capsule". Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 10 (3): 147–150. doi:10.1007/s10195-009-0058-2. PMC 2744735. PMID 19644650. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2744735.
- ^ Okada; Shinozaki, T.; Hirato, J.; Yanagawa, T.; Takagishi, K. (2009). "Fibroma of tendon sheath of the infrapatellar fat pad in the knee". Clinical imaging 33 (5): 406–408. doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.11.029. PMID 19712825.
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