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Tendon

tendon

(Science: anatomy) A fibrous, strong, connective tissue that connects muscle to bone. The laceration of a tendon can result in the inability to flex or extend at a joint. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment.A type of connective tissue consisting of collagen fibres that connects muscle fibres to the skeletal structure of an organism. These provide a strong connection between bone and muscle, providing structural stability and assisting movement.


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Human Bio-technics (superhuman)

... "limits" its resources that way: a full-scale muscle contraction has a fair chance of snapping your bones or completely tearing off a tendon, so it's hardly worth the benefit. Most athletes can tell you that they've torn a muscle or tendon during an extreme effort, which means that ...

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by biohazard
Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:53 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Human Bio-technics (superhuman)
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testing for the presence of Pyramidalis muscle

... example and pyramidalis. A test to see if someone has palmaris longus is to oppose your thumb to your pinky and flex your wrist. If there are two tendons present, one is the palmaris longus muscle tendon. My supervising therapist gave me an assignment. After looking through every pathological ...

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by spozzy
Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:51 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: testing for the presence of Pyramidalis muscle
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Golgi Tendon Organ

I was wondering if anyone could tell me in lamens terms what a GTO is? I'm memorizing all this info about it, but I need a better understanding of what it is in general terms... so please as general as you can be, what is a GTO?

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by rajvandam
Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:09 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Golgi Tendon Organ
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Muscle Contraction: Strength

... affect more endurance than max-strength. neural components: -motor unit rate coding (frequency) -motor unit synchronization -inhibition of Golgi Tendon Organs -inhibition of antagonist muscles ( the torque about a joint is the difference of torque exerted by opposing muscles. Thus , lower antagonist ...

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by Nad
Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:41 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Muscle Contraction: Strength
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Histology Help

... matrix (which also is commonly stained with blue stains that will color the proteins). It's not dense, though, which probably rules out cartilage, tendon, ligament, and bone (except for some marrows). That suggests one of the fibrous varieties. That's all I've got. I TA'ed histology for a few years, ...

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by Darby
Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:37 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Histology Help
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