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Tendons of forefinger and vincula tendina. (Vincula brevia labeled at lower left; vincula longa labeled at bottom center.)
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Latin | vincula tendinum digitorum manus |
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Anatomical terminology
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Within each osseo-aponeurotic canal, the tendons of the flexor digitorum superficialis and flexor digitorum profundus are connected to each other, and to the phalanges, by slender, tendinous bands, called vincula tendina. There are two sets of these:
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)