tendon

     

A tenon (or sinew) is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments except that ligaments join one bone to another. Tendons and muscles work together and can only exert a pulling force.

Trivia about tendon

  • A surgeon who performs a tenotomy cuts 1 of these to relieve problems caused by muscle shortening
  • The Achilles one joins the calf muscles to the heel bone
  • It attaches a muscle to a bone

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