Achilles tendon

tendon /ten·don/ (ten´don) a fibrous cord of connective tissue continuous with the fibers of a muscle and attaching the muscle to bone or cartilage.

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Achilles tendon , calcaneal tendon the powerful tendon at the back of the heel, attaching the triceps surae muscle to the calcaneus.

tendon of conus , tendon of infundibulum a collagenous band connecting the posterior surface of the pulmonary annulus and the muscular infundibulum with the root of the aorta.

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Achilles tendon

n.

The large tendon connecting the heel bone to the calf muscle of the leg. Also called calcanean tendon, heel tendon.

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Achilles tendon

[əkil′ēz]

Etymology: Achilles, Greek mythologic hero

the common distal tendon of the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles of the leg. It is the thickest and strongest tendon in the body and connects the triceps surae to the heel bone. In an adult, it is about 15 cm long. The tendon becomes contracted about 4 cm above the heel and flares out again to insert into the calcaneus. Also called tendo calcaneus.

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Achilles tendon

the group of tendons that insert on the calcaneus near the point of the hock made up of the tendons of the gastrocnemius, soleus, superficial digital flexor, semitendinosus and biceps femoris muscles. Called also common calcaneal tendon. See also gastrocnemius muscle tendon.

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Achilles tendon

tendo calcaneo Anatomy The tendon that attaches the calf muscles to the calcaneous bone; the long common tendon of both venters–bellies of the calf muscles—gastrocnemius and soleus, which is the strongest tendon in the body; the AT begins below the posterior calf and is attached distally at the midline at the posterior aspect of the calcaneus Conditions affecting Insertional tendinitis, rupture