Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tendon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tendon \Ten"don\, n. [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See
{Tend} to move.] (Anat.)
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous
connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a
sinew.
{Tendon reflex} (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a
muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its
absence is generally a sign of disease. See {Knee jerk},
under {Knee}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tendon
n : a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with
its bony attachment [syn: {sinew}]
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