tendon

Function: - a fibrous cord or band of connective tissue that connects a muscle to its bony attachment or other structure Origin: - a tendon may originate at the end of a muscle or run along the side or in the center of a muscle receiving the muscle fibers along its lateral edges Structure: - tendons are composed of densely arranged, parallel fibers of collagen, rows of elongated fibrocytes, & a minimum of matrix tissue.

Related

tendon rupture tendon sheath tendonitis (tendon injury)

Specific

Achilles/calcaneal/heel tendon (chorda magna, tendo calcaneus) aponeurosis central tendon of diaphragm (trefoil tendon) central tendon of perineum (Savage perineal body) conjoint tendon (inguinal falx) digastric/intermediate tendon extensor digital expansion (extensor aponeurosis, dorsal hood, dorsal expansion) Golgi tendon organ intermuscular septum mesotendon pes anserine (hamstring) tendon pes anserinus (L. goose's foot) pterygomandibular raphe synovial sheaths of digits of hand tendinous sheath of extensor pollicis longus tendinous sheath of flexor pollicis longus (radial bursa)

General

musculoskeletal system structure connective tissue

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995