Tendo

Tendon (ten'-do, ten'-don). A tendon; the white, -:ening, fibrous cord con:ing the body of a muscle with its point of insertion. T. A chillis, the Achilles tenj don or common tendon of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, the thickest and strongest of the bodv. T. A chillis Reflex. See Reflexes , Table of. T. calcaneus. Same as T. iillis. T., Central, the Tail of tte aponeurosis in the center le diaphragmatic vault. T., a. Tendon-cells seen Cordiform. See T, Central. on edge and embracing a fiber: bb. On T., Hamstring. See Hamthe flat, the cells with T.-reflex. See Rea ridge. flexes, Table of. T.-spindle, a peculiar nerve-ending in tendons described by Golgi as being found in the immediate vicinity of the union with the muscle, also called Golgi's corpuscle. T. of Zinn, the ligament of Zinn.