tendon sheath
A layer of membrane around a tendon. It has 2 layers: synovial sheath + fibrous tendon sheath. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendon_sheath ]
Synonyms: synovial tendon sheath
Term info
database cross reference
- BTO:0000051
- Wikipedia:Tendon_sheath
- NCIT:C96299
- FMA:45087
- UMLS:C0224856 (ncithesaurus:Tendon_Sheath)
- SCTID:361885006
- FMA:76715
editor note
TODO - add layer relations. 'tendon sheath' GAT in FMA.
has related synonym
vagina tendinis
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0000304
prefLabel
Synovial tendon sheath, Tendon sheath