ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is aponeurosis? An aponeurosis is a flat sheet of connective tissue in your body that’s important for movement and posture. Aponeuroses (plural) are similar to your tendons, but they have a slightly different role.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aponeuroses are connective tissues found on the surface of pennate muscles and are in close association with muscle fascicles. In addition to transmitting muscle forces to the external tendon, aponeurosis has been hypothesized to influence the direction of muscle shape change during a contraction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fascia is a sheath of stringy connective tissue that surrounds every part of your body. It provides support to your muscles, tendons, ligaments, tissues, organs, nerves, joints and bones.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aponeuroses are found throughout the human body. Tendons and aponeuroses play a role in attaching muscles to a bone. Some examples of aponeurosis in humans are epicranial aponeurosis, abdominal aponeurosis and the plantar aponeurosis. The abdominal aponeurosis is also referred to as rectus sheath.

Detailed explanation-5: -Their primary function is to join muscles and the body parts they act upon, whether bone or other muscles. 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.