Tendon synonyms

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sinew
A tendon.
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ligament (related)
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tissue
A sheet of tissue paper
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cord
(Anat.) Any part resembling a cord
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hamstring
One of the tendons at the back of the human knee
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soft-tissue (related)
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cartilage (related)
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glenohumeral (related)
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muscle (related)
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meniscus (related)
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acromion (related)
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band
A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band.
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tie
(Music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).
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rotator-cuff (related)
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patella (related)
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pelvis (related)
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spinal-cord (related)
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olecranon (related)
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acromioclavicular (related)
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supraspinous (related)
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supraspinatus (related)
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tibia (related)
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  • One of the most common contributing factors is a tight Achilles tendon.

  • The perforating tendon is derived from the muscle corresponding with the long flexor of man, and the smaller tendon of the oblique flexor (tibialis porticus of man) is united with it.

  • This, when fully developed, consists of two parts, but inserted by a single ribbon-like tendon upon the hinder surface of the femur, near the end of its first third; the caudal part, femoro-caudalis, expressed by Garrod by the symbol A, arises from transverse processes of the tail; the iliac part (accessorofemoro-caudal of Garrod, with the symbol B), arises mostly from the outer surface of the postacetabular ilium.

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