tendon

«tendon» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong, tough band of tissue in the body that joins a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tendon, tendons)

meaning for a pupil

A tendon is a strong, tough band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the body, tendons let muscles pull on bones so we can move: when a muscle shortens it pulls the tendon, which moves the bone. The Achilles tendon at the back of the heel is the biggest. In PE, warming up helps protect tendons and muscles from injury. Compare: ligaments join bone to bone.

examples

• A tendon joins muscle to bone. tree →
• The Achilles tendon is at the back of your heel. tree →
• The footballer hurt a tendon in his knee. tree →
• You can feel the tendons in your wrist when you move your fingers. tree →
• Warming up helps prevent tendon injuries. tree →
• Tendons are strong but not very stretchy. tree →
• The doctor said the tendon needs rest to heal. tree →

note

Plural: tendons. Trap: tendon = muscle to bone; ligament = bone to bone. «Tendonitis» is a sore, swollen tendon. Spelling: -don, not -den.

In the corpora

• When a perching bird bends its legs, tendons pull its toes tight round the branch, so it can sleep without falling off.
• Kangaroos hop with springy tendons that store energy like a pogo stick, so hopping fast costs them hardly more energy than hopping slowly.
• Ligaments join bone to bone, while tendons join muscle to bone.
• Muscles are joined to bones by tough cords called tendons.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tendon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.