Tendon

A band or cord of strong, fibrous tissue that connects muscles to bone.

a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that connects a muscle with another body part (such as a bone) and transmits the force produced by the constraction of the muscle to produce movement in the body part in question or to use that part as an "anchor" from which to induce movement in another part of the body.

compare ligament

 

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