DeCS

Descriptor English:

Tendons

Descriptor Spanish:

Tendones

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	tendones
Entry term(s)	endotenon epitenon tendón
Scope note:	Cuerdas o bandas fibrosas de TEJIDO CONECTIVO situadas en las terminaciones de las FIBRAS MUSCULARES ESQUELÉTICAS que sirven para unir los MÚSCULOS a los huesos y a otras estructuras.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Tendões

Descriptor French:

Tendons

Entry term(s):

Tendon
Tendons para-articulaires

Tree number(s):

A02.880

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013710

Scope note:

Fibrous bands or cords of CONNECTIVE TISSUE at the ends of SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS that serve to attach the MUSCLES to bones and other structures.

Annotation:

tendon rupture: coordinate TENDON INJURIES with RUPTURE; /surg: consider TENDON TRANSFER; /transpl: do not confuse with TENDON TRANSFER; for specifically located tendons coordinate with general area of tendon, not a bone term, (metacarpal tendon = TENDONS + HAND or FINGERS, not METACARPUS); "false tendons" of heart = PURKINJE FIBERS

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

injuries:Tendon Injuries