| 释义 |
ten·don
\ˈtendən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Medieval Latin tendon-, tendo, from Latin tendere to stretch — more at thin
1. : a tough cord or band of dense specialized regularly arranged white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part, transmits the force which the muscle exerts, and is continuous with the connective-tissue epimysium and perimysium of the muscle and when inserted into a bone with the periosteum of the bone — see aponeurosis
2. : frenulum 2 |