Tendon

ten′don, n. the white fibrous ti ue reaching from the end of a muscle to bone or some other structure which is to serve as a fixed attachment for it, or which it is intended to move— funicular , as the long tendon of the biceps muscle of the arm; fascicular , as the short tendon of that muscle, and as most tendons generally; aponeurotic , tendinous expansions, as the tendons of the abdominal muscles—L. Ten′do :— pl. Ten′dines .— adj. Ten′dino us , consisting of, containing, or resembling tendons: full of tendons: sinewy.— ns. Tenog′raphy , the description of tendons; Tenol′ogy , that part of anatomy which relates to tendons; Tenot′omy , the surgical operation of dividing a tendon. [Fr. tendon —L. tendĕre , to stretch; cf. Gr. tenōn — teinein , to stretch.]