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tendon

15 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. tendon (noun)
  2. tendon of Achilles (noun)
  3. tendon of Zinn (noun)
  4. tendon organ (noun)
  5. tendon reflex (noun)
  6. tendon sheath (noun)
  7. tendon spindle (noun)
  8. Achilles tendon (noun)
  9. calcaneal tendon (noun)
  10. central tendon (noun)
  11. cordiform tendon (noun)
  12. Golgi tendon organ (noun)
  13. iliopsoas tendon (noun)
  14. patellar tendon (noun)
  15. slipped tendon (noun)

ten·don

noun \ˈten-dən\

Definition of TENDON

: a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part, transmits the force which the muscle exerts, and is continuous with the connective-tissue epimysium and perimysium of the muscle and when inserted into a bone with the periosteum of the bone

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