paratenon

English

Etymology

From para- + Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon”).

Noun

paratenon (plural paratenons)

  1. A fatty areolar tissue that fills the interstitia within the fascia where a tendon is located.

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.