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ROPES |
Tendons |
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FIBERS |
Tendons |
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SINEWS |
Tendons |
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MUSCLES |
Tendons |
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SYNPELMOUS |
Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended
together. |
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TENDINOUS |
Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts
of the body. |
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HOCK |
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to
hamstring; to hough. |
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VINCULUM |
A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of
certain birds. |
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SCLEROSKELETON |
That part of the skeleton which is developed in
tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses. |
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POLYGASTRIC |
Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which
are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons. |
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SCHIZOPELMOUS |
Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely
separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only. |
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HAMSTRING |
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham
or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. |
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RETINACULUM |
One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons
close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle. |
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BURSA |
Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial
sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed
between tendons and bony prominences. |
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COLLAGEN |
The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of
tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes
gelatin or glue. |
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HETEROPELMOUS |
Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes
bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of
the other, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in Append. |
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APONEUROSIS |
...ciae
which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many
muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin.
... |
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MUCIN |
...between the fibers
of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of Demilune. ... |
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ACHILLES' TENDON |
The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of
the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of
the heel; -- so called... |
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GELATINE |
...agen of
various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments,
etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water... |