- Look up
sheath in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Sheath,
pronounced /ʃiːθ/, may
refer to: Scabbard, a
sheath for
holding a sword, dagger, knife, or similar...
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blade could easily cause if unprotected. To
provide sufficient protection,
sheaths made of soft materials, such as leather,
often have reinforcements, inside...
- A
tendon sheath is a
layer of
synovial membrane around a tendon. It
permits the
tendon to
stretch and not
adhere to the
surrounding fascia. It contains...
- palaemonids, and calanoids.
These myelin-like
sheaths share several structural features with the
sheaths found in
vertebrates including multiplicity of...
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synovial sheath is one of the two
membranes of a
tendon sheath which covers a tendon. The
other membrane is the
outer fibrous tendon sheath. The tendon...
- The
rectus sheath (also
called the
rectus fascia) is a
tough fibrous compartment formed by the
aponeuroses of the
transverse abdominal muscle, and the...
- as a
double layer, and
features one positive, and one
negative layer.
Sheaths were
first described by
American physicist Irving Langmuir. In 1923 he...
- The
femoral sheath (also
called the
crural sheath) is a funnel-shaped
downward extension of
abdominal fascia within which the
femoral artery and femoral...
- The
carotid sheath is a
condensation of the deep
cervical fascia: 578
enveloping multiple vital neurovascular structures of the neck,
including the common...
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sheath may
refer to: ****a, a
piece of
clothing in New
Guinea Namba (clothing), in
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covers the ****...
