What does «tendón» mean in Spanish?
- A tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is able to withstand tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments; both are made of collagen. Ligaments attach one bone to another, while tendons connect muscle to bone for proper body function. Tendon is a variety of connective tissue that is fibrous, stiff and has a high tensile strength.
- In horses and other animals, part of the flexor tendons of the foot, passing behind the shank.
- Achilles tendon, the thick, strong tendon, which in the back and lower part of the leg joins the heel to the calf.
- Achilles heel.