: a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part (such as a bone) and transmits the force which the muscle exerts
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Another went to urgent care for torn tendons related to their foot being trapped during the collapse.
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Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
The patient could have a ruptured tendon or muscle, but that kind of injury would make movement difficult, and the patient had moved her arm easily.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Ligaments and tendons hold your knee joint together, and those also tend to stiffen and tighten with age.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 14 Feb. 2024
Connective tissue, like ligaments and tendons, surrounds the joints.
—Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
These 27 bones give each hand its rigid, knuckled structure, while joined and surrounded with muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels and nerves that connect with other elements of the body and carry out directions from the brain.
—Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
The condition, in which a blood vessel expands or bulges and can eventually rupture, is fairly novel within the game, where tendons, ligaments and soft tissue are usually of more concern.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
Physical therapists diagnosed Gow with inflamed joints, a strained left Achilles tendon and bone contusions, the complaint states.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2024
Soroka was the Braves’ youngest ever Opening Day starter in ’20 but was derailed by injury, tearing his Achilles tendon in his third start.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
The patient could have a ruptured tendon or muscle, but that kind of injury would make movement difficult, and the patient had moved her arm easily.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Ligaments and tendons hold your knee joint together, and those also tend to stiffen and tighten with age.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 14 Feb. 2024
Connective tissue, like ligaments and tendons, surrounds the joints.
—Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
These 27 bones give each hand its rigid, knuckled structure, while joined and surrounded with muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels and nerves that connect with other elements of the body and carry out directions from the brain.
—Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
The condition, in which a blood vessel expands or bulges and can eventually rupture, is fairly novel within the game, where tendons, ligaments and soft tissue are usually of more concern.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
Physical therapists diagnosed Gow with inflamed joints, a strained left Achilles tendon and bone contusions, the complaint states.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2024
Soroka was the Braves’ youngest ever Opening Day starter in ’20 but was derailed by injury, tearing his Achilles tendon in his third start.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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tendon
noun
ten·don
ˈten-dən 
: a tough cord or band of dense white connective tissue that links a muscle to some other part (as a bone)
Medical Definition
tendon
noun
ten·don
ˈten-dən
: 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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