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A sinew or a tendon. Pope.

Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.

al bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.

great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.

One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.

Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallicus going to the first toe only.

That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.

amoidal. Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man.

A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist. Sprain fracture (Med.), the separation of a tendon from its point of insertion, with the detachment of a shell of bone to which the tendon is attached.

To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. Doddridge.

A nerve or tendon of an animal body. The string of his tongue was loosed. Mark vii. 35.

Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together.

The distal tendon of a muscle.

Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.

Inflammation of a tendon.

Suture of a tendon.

Inflammation of a tendon.

Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.

The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.