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Musculoskeletal System > Tendons

Preferred term

Tendons  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Endotenon
  • Endotenons
  • Epotenon
  • Epotenons
  • Para-Articular Tendon
  • Para-Articular Tendons
  • Tendon, Para-Articular
  • Tendons, Para Articular
  • Tendons, Para-Articular

Note

  • tendon rupture: coordinate TENDON INJURIES with RUPTURE; /surg: consider TENDON TRANSFER; /transpl: do not confuse with TENDON TRANSFER; for specifically located tendons coordinate with general area of tendon, not a bone term, (metacarpal tendon = TENDONS + HAND or FINGERS, not METACARPUS); "false tendons" of heart = PURKINJE FIBERS

Scope note

  • Fibrous bands or cords of CONNECTIVE TISSUE at the ends of SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS that serve to attach the MUSCLES to bones and other structures.

History note

  • 1963; /transplantation was TENDON TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013710

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