synovial tendon sheath
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tendon sheath — n a synovial sheath covering a tendon (as in the hand or foot) * * * vagina tendinis … Medical dictionary
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
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
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
Vagina — The muscular canal extending from the cervix to the outside of the body. It is usually six to seven inches in length, and its walls are lined with mucus membrane. It includes two vaultlike structures, the anterior (front) vaginal fornix and the… … Medical dictionary
space — Any demarcated portion of the body, either an area of the surface, a segment of the tissues, or a cavity. SEE ALSO: area, region, zone. SYN: spatium [TA]. [L. spatium, room, s.] alveolar dead s … Medical dictionary
