tendon

A noun referring to a tough, flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone, enabling movement.

• 🇵🇹Estrutura fibrosa e resistente que liga um músculo a um osso, transmitindo a força da contração muscular para produzir movimento.

1. Fibrous connective tissue B2 formal medical

   A tough, flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone, enabling movement.

   • The athlete tore a tendon in his knee during the game.
   • Tendons are less elastic than muscles and can be prone to injury.
   • The surgeon repaired the damaged tendon in her wrist.

   🇵🇹Tendão

   Sinônimos: sinew

• tendons plural form
• tendons' possessive plural form
• tendon's possessive singular form