TENDO

(Lat.), n. m. Te2nd'o. Gen., tend'in is. See TENDON. Oiiint us t. extensor is long i digitorum ped is. See PERON^KUS quint us. T. A chillis Fr., corde d'Hippo crate. Ger., Achille ehne. The thickest and strongest tendon of the body, made up by the union of the tendons of the gastrocnemius and solaeus muscles, and inserted into the middle of the posterior surface of the tuberosity of the os calcis. [C.] Teudines coroiiarii. Fibrous rings surrounding the openings of the aorta and the pulmonary artery. [L.] T. in termed i us (diaphragm at is). See Cordiform TENDON. T. oculi, T. palpebrae. See LIG AMENTUM palpebrale internum.T. yalvulse Eustachii. A hgamentous band in the volvula Eustachii. [L, 332.] [s. 601]