Synovial sheath

Synovial sheath
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.[1]

An example is the common synovial sheath for the flexor tendons.

See also

  • synovium

References

  1. ^ eMedicine/Stedman Medical Dictionary Lookup!
v · d · eJoints (TA A03.0, TH H3.02, GA 3.284)
Types
Terminology
Motions
Components

M: JNT

anat(h/c, u, t, l)/phys

noco(arth/defr/back/soft)/cong, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(M01C, M4)
v · d · eSynovial bursa and tendon sheaths (TA A04.8, GA 3, GA 4)
Synovial bursa
Lower limb

Hip: Trochanteric bursa

Bursae of the knee joint: Prepatellar bursa · Semimembranous bursa
Tendon sheaths
Lower limb

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