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Tendon structure

Known as: TENDON, structure tendon, Tendo 
Tough, fibrous, cord-like tissue that connects muscle to bone or another structure, such as an eyeball. Tendons help the bone or structure to move.
National Institutes of Health

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Biceps tendon structureEndotenonProximal tendonStructure of tendon insertion
Blood supply aspectsCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyFixation of tendon

Broader (4)

Connective TissueMuscleMusculoskeletal SystemSkeletal muscle structure

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
methods as
: This article discusses the importance of research methods in scientific information systems research. To limit the approach… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Cross-pin femoral fixation: a new technique for hamstring anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Expression of interstitial collagenase during skeletal development of the mouse is restricted to osteoblast-like cells and hypertrophic chondrocytes.
We determined the expression pattern of the matrix metalloproteinase interstitial collagenase (MMP-1) during mouse embryo… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Effects of muscle shortening on the responses of cat tendon organs to unfused contractions.
1. The discharges from individual Golgi tendon organs of peroneus tertius and brevis muscles were recorded in anesthetized cats… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Muscle development in the grasshopper embryo. I. Muscles, nerves, and apodemes in the metathoracic leg.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
"Sensory partitioning" of cat medial gastrocnemius muscle by its muscle spindles and tendon organs.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Monosynaptic excitation of motoneurones from secondary endings of muscle spindles
SINCE Lloyd's original work on the myotatic unit more than 30 yr ago1, it has been assumed that the monosynaptic excitation of… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Distribution and kinetics of CoEDTA in smooth muscle, and its use as an extracellular marker
1. [60Co]EDTA has been evaluated as an extracellular marker in guinea‐pig taenia coli and rabbit myometrium. 
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
The relative metabolic inertia of tendon collagen in the rat.
Adams, D. H. (1949). Biochim. Biophy8. Acta, 3, 1. Adams, D. H. & Whittaker, V. P. (1949a). Biochem. J. 44, 62. Adams, D. H… 
Highly Cited
1939
Highly Cited
1939
THE FUNCTION OF MUSCLES IN LOCOMOTION
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