synovial sheath
Look at other dictionaries:
Synovial sheath — Latin vagina synovialis Gray s subject #68 283 A synovial sheath is a layer of a tendon sheath containing tendons in the hand and foot. They lie internal to the fibrous tendon sheaths … Wikipedia
Common synovial sheath for the flexor tendons — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = vagina communis musculorum flexorum GraySubject = 126 GrayPage = 457 Caption = The mucous sheaths of the tendons on the front of the wrist and digits. (Common sheath of Flexores digitorum subliminis and… … Wikipedia
Synovial membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = membrana synovialis capsulae articularis GraySubject = 68 GrayPage = 282 Caption = Black is subintima, purple is intima, light brown is bone, orange is cartilage, yellow is synovial fluid Caption2 =… … Wikipedia
sheath — 1. Any enveloping structure, such as the membranous covering of a muscle, nerve, or blood vessel. Any sheathlike structure. SYN: vagina (1). 2. The prepuce of male animals, especially of the horse. 3. A specially designed tu … Medical dictionary
Synovial fluid — The slippery fluid that lubricates joints and provides nutrients to the cartilage. Also known as the synovia. * * * synovial fluid n a transparent viscid lubricating fluid secreted by a membrane of an articulation, bursa, or tendon sheath called… … Medical dictionary
synovial diverticulum — a hernial protrusion of the synovial membrane of a joint or a tendon sheath … Medical dictionary
synovial fluid — noun Date: 1846 a transparent viscid lubricating fluid secreted by a membrane of an articulation, bursa, or tendon sheath … New Collegiate Dictionary
Common flexor sheath of hand — The mucous sheaths of the tendons on the front of the wrist and digits. (Common sheath of Flexores digitorum subliminis and profundus labeled at center right.) Latin vagina communis tendinum musculorum flexorum manus, vagina communis musc … Wikipedia
Tendon sheath — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = vagina tendinis GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = v 01 DorlandsSuf = 12842783 A tendon sheath is a… … Wikipedia
tendon sheath — n a synovial sheath covering a tendon (as in the hand or foot) * * * vagina tendinis … Medical dictionary
