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(anatomy) A bundle of parallel arrays of fascicles, forming a sheath around tendons..
It expands on the surface of the tendon, forming a delicate, almost microscopic layer, the epitenon. Paratenon, epitenon, and mesotenon constitute the esotenon as opposed to the endotenon, the connected-tissue strands within the tendon.
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Epitenon means (anatomy) A bundle of parallel arrays of fascicles, forming a sheath around tendons..
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It expands on the surface of the tendon, forming a delicate, almost microscopic layer, the epitenon. Paratenon, epitenon, and mesotenon constitute the esotenon as opposed to the endotenon, the connected-tissue strands within the tendon.
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