Uberon definition : The connective tissue between tendon and bone insertion sites, which acts to transmit
tensile load from soft tissues to bone. They may be of the dense fibrous connective
tissue or fibrocartilage type; fibrous entheses attach directly to bone or periosteum
primarily via fibrous tissue, and fibrocartilaginous entheses attach to bone through
a transitional layer of fibrocartilage from the fibrous tendon tissue the sites where
tendons or ligaments insert into the bone. Recurring stress or inflammatory autoimmune
disease can cause inflammation or occasionally fibrosis and calcification of the enthesis.;
The connective tissue between tendon and bone insertion sites, which acts to transmit
tensile load from soft tissues to bone. They may be of the dense fibrous connective
tissue or fibrocartilage type; fibrous entheses attach directly to bone or periosteum
primarily via fibrous tissue, and fibrocartilaginous entheses attach to bone through
a transitional layer of fibrocartilage from the fibrous tendon tissue the sites where
tendons or ligaments insert into the bone. Recurring stress or inflammatory autoimmune
disease can cause inflammation or occasionally fibrosis and calcification of the enthesis.