Leonardo da Vinci

The painter who is familiar with the nature of the sinews, muscles, and tendons, will know very well, in giving movement to a limb, how many and which sinews cause it; and which muscle, by swelling, causes the contraction of that sinew; and which sinews, expanded into the thinnest cartilage, surround and support the said muscle.

Italian Artist

Eddie Van Halen

Before the operation on my left hand I wasn't able to stretch my fingers open all the way. I've never had very big hands, but I could do the splits with them. Eventually I couldn't any more. I had a twisted tendon in my little finger that prevented me from being able to stretch.

Dutch Musician

Jeremy Piven

I was in a play directed by my father, and I was doing a fight scene, and the choreography went haywire, and I flew backward over a chair and ripped my thumb all the way to my wrist and had to have surgery to sew up all the tendons in there.

American Actor

Dionne Warwick

I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled.

American Musician

Chadwick Boseman

Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons around the bone and the joint so you don't tear the muscles from the bones.

Scott Steiner

When I left WWE, I had surgery on my foot. I had drop foot, where my foot was totally paralyzed. I had a tendon transfer and got nine screws in my foot.

American Wrestler

Alex O'Loughlin

I tore my right shoulder to pieces - three external tears, a labrum tear, and a detachment of the bicep tendon.

Australian Actor

Lance Armstrong

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

American Cyclist

Jimi Manuwa

I ruptured my bicep tendon in a sparring session.

British Athlete

Jason Isaacs

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.

English Actor

Understanding 'tendon' requires basic knowledge of body structure, where tendons connect muscle to bone.

Human Anatomy

'Tendon' often appears in discussions about sports or physical injuries.

Injury Context

Mentions of 'tendon' may indicate strain or stress from overuse or intense physical activity.

Physical Activity

 animal that there's an odor to this meat I don't think were gonna be able to eat it but even if the meat isn't great there's all kinds of things we can get out of this animal okay I'm gonna try to get this Center off we can have tools tie with it this is perfect I said get up underneath you we can get it off one take a second essentially since is animal tendon and it occurs on mammals

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 that is so diverse across the population and across the whole world. And the way prosthesis prosthetic sockets are designed today is you go to a prosthetist and they take your leg and they squeeze your leg and ask you, "How does that feel if I press here a little bit does it feel great? What about that, what about your patellar tendon?

Making Artificial Limbs...

 To see if you do, put your hand down on a flat surface and touch your pinkie to your thumb. If you see a little band pop up in the middle of your wrist, that’s the tendon that attaches to this now-defunct muscle. In this case, the fact that not everyone has it has helped us trace its function.

Why do humans have a...

 "Source not clear. Probably tendons were inflamed," he said. And he prescribed a boot and some physical therapy. But the pain worsened, and it spread to my hip and my back. I sought out more medical specialists, even holistic practitioners, all with different theories,

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 first people ever in the world to see a stress fracture inside the dinosaur's finger which is caused there it is by tendon emulsion that's where the bone has regrown is called exostosis bone regrowth as a function of tendon being ripped out from the sides probably one

Grave Secrets of...

 bundle of strong flexible fibers called tendons down to the very point where it's anchored and you'll find one of the world's most remarkable materials bone some 206 of these engineering Marvel's are strewn throughout the body strong

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 artists to bring guanlong to life every bone tells a story but each needs to be assembled into a skeletal form first then they determine how the joints connect and the range of motion they would have allowed they add in tendons

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 but I hope I am making a contribution by sharing my story with all of you. My ideal world is a place where no one is left behind, where everyone is needed exactly where they are, like the fibers and the tendons in a bow,

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 passes over a joint the kneecap for instance is a sesamoid bone they both protect the joint and increased tension in the tendon making movement much more effective now this sesamoid bone has evolved to massively

Exploring the Mole's...

 Horses' hearing is very important. It's almost more important than their eyesight. Over here, Tommy's got what you call the heart position. He's working the leg. You see the string tendon from the hyena,

Tendon

A flexible but tough cord that connects muscles to bones.

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