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The tendons, endportions of muscles, are invested by sheaths; here they are exposed to intensive use by contiguous epiphyseal protrusions or by tightness of the surrounding connective tissue. The sheaths ensure smooth gliding for the tendons by their inner lining with synoviocytes.
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Soren, A. (1993). Related Affections. In: Arthritis and Related Affections. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77695-3_13
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