Definition of Tendons

1. Noun. (plural of tendon) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tendons

1. tendon [n] - See also: tendon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendons

tendon sheath syndrome
tendon suture
tendon transfer
tendon transplantation
tendonectomies
tendonectomy
tendonitides
tendonitis
tendonitises
tendons (current term)
tendophony
tendoplasty
tendosynovitis
tendotomy
tendovaginitides
tendrac
tendracs
tendre
tendred
tendrely
tendres
tendresse

Literary usage of Tendons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Beneath it pass the tendons of the Flexor sublimis and profundus digitorum, the Flexor longus ... The Synovial Membranes of the Flexor tendons at the Wrist. ..."

2. Manual of Human Histology by Albert Kölliker, George Busk (1853)
"In the caudal muscles also, of the Cod, I noticed, very distinctly, the continuous connection of the tendons and muscles ; in this case, ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It passes forward, and divides into four tendons, one for each of the four lesser ... The mode of division of the tendons of the Flexor digitorum brevis, ..."

4. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"... of tendons of muscles; and second, by invaginations of the body-wall. ... tendons of the muscles that move the mouth-parts, of muscles that move the ..."

5. The Anatomy of the Human Body .. by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"... tendons muft be bound firmly down ; for if they were to rife from the bones ... or ring for the next; or their tendons after taking hold of the bone, ..."

6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"VAGINAL SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES serve to facilitate the gliding of tendons in the osseo-h'brous canals through which the tendons pass. Such membranes occur only ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence: With So Much of Anatomy by Joseph Chitty (1836)
"tendons. IV. Of the Injuries to Muscles and tendons. V. Of the Number, Names, and Description of each Muscle and Tendon. However perfect the form of the ..."

8. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1916)
"Cannula tip inserted under tendons between middle and ring fingers at lower ... The mass was confined to the space under the tendons, ie, was covered by the ..."

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