epitenon

English

Etymology

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

Noun

epitenon (plural epitenons)

1. (anatomy) A bundle of parallel arrays of fascicles, forming a sheath around tendons.
   • 1916, Clinics of John B. Murphy at Mercy Hospital, Chicago, volume 5, number 2:

     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.

Coordinate terms

• endotenon
• paratenon

Anagrams

• en pointe