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tendon
[ ten-duhn ]
noun
- Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- a reinforcing strand in prestressed concrete.
tendon
/ ˈtɛndən /
noun
- a cord or band of white inelastic collagenous tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or some other part; sinew
tendon
/ tĕn′dən /
- A band of tough, fibrous, inelastic tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. Tendons are made chiefly of collagen.
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Example Sentences
A second doctor suggested it might be possible to extend his Achilles tendon.
Adult actresses are prone to internal tears the way an athlete might be at risk for injuring a tendon.
A routine ankle surgery on a painful tendon led to complications including a build-up of fluid in her left leg.
One particularly disastrous game sent Gore from the gym to the hospital with a torn Achilles tendon.
Men who habitually exercise every muscle and tendon acquire that graceful carriage which belongs to the military gymnast.
The tendon is attached almost vertically on the temporal process.
The lateral tendon of M. pseudotemporalis superficialis converges with the aponeurosis.
The tendon of origin is actually one with the ventral aponeurosis of pars profundus, which is situated in a horizontal plane.
She planted her foot on the swell of the neck tendon, and in seven leaps she made it to the lobe of the ear.
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