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Descriptor English: Tendons
Descriptor Spanish: Tendones
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): Endotenon
Endotenons
Epotenon
Epotenons
Para-Articular Tendon
Para-Articular Tendons
Paraarticular Tendon
Paraarticular Tendons
Tendon
Tendon, Para-Articular
Tendon, Paraarticular
Tendons, Para Articular
Tendons, Para-Articular
Tendons, Paraarticular
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 abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: injuries:Tendon Injuries
Public MeSH Note: 1963; /transplantation was TENDON TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; for TENDONS, PARA-ARTICULAR see TENDONS, PARA-ARTICULAR 1965-2006
History Note: 1963; /transplantation was TENDON TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65
Related: Tendon Transfer MeSH
DeCS ID: 14088
Unique ID: D013710
NLM Classification: WE 600
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Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/05
Tendons - Preferred
Concept UI M0021158
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.
Preferred term Tendons
Entry term(s) Tendon
Tendons, Para-Articular - Narrower
Concept UI M0021159
Preferred term Tendons, Para-Articular
Entry term(s) Para-Articular Tendon
Para-Articular Tendons
Paraarticular Tendon
Paraarticular Tendons
Tendon, Para-Articular
Tendon, Paraarticular
Tendons, Para Articular
Tendons, Paraarticular
Epotenon - Narrower
Concept UI M000611284
Preferred term Epotenon
Entry term(s) Epotenons
Endotenon - Narrower
Concept UI M000611285
Preferred term Endotenon
Entry term(s) Endotenons



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