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What does a tendon guard on a skate look like?
A tendon guard is the tough flap at the back of the skate - opposite the tongue, that runs up to about the sock line. Players typically where their shin pads over the tongue of the skate and wrap tape around the skate/tendon guard and shin pad.
What is the function of tendon sheaths?
to protect the tendon from wear and tear in physical movement, like when you exercise.
5 - What should you do if your horse has a bowed tendon?
look on horwse
Where is the Achilles tendo located?
Achilles Tendon is located at the back of the ankle. The tough rope like tendon that joins the heel and the calf muscle is achilles tendon.
What is sinew?
Sinew is a another name for tendon. Tendons join muscles to bones and look like white bits of gristle. They are very strong and do not stretch. The hamstring joining the calf muscle to the heel is an example of a tendon that you can feel at the back of your ankle.
What simple machine is a tendon like?
A rope.
What does a torn ankle tendon look like?
It will swell up and ti will be bent at a weird angle, you wont be able to move it at all or it will hurt
What do the tendons look like and what is their function?
Tendons look like yellow to white and is shiny. Muscle gradually becomes tendon, specially at insertion site and on many occasion from origin also. It is made of collagen fibres and they are very stong. As strong as steel wires weight for weight. There function is to transmit the the pull of muscles as they contract. Tendons are nonelastic in nature. Tendo achillis is the probably the strongest tendon in body after tendon of quadriceps femoris muscle. Most beautiful tendons are cordae tendinae in papillory muscles of ventricles of heart.
What do tendons feel like?
A tendon basically feels like a tough band like a rubber band but stronger. When the tendon is torn inside the body, the area will feel hot and most likely swollen.
What is Infrapatellar Tendon?
Infrapatellar tendon is the tendon below the knee
A wide thin sheet like tendon is known as?
Aponeurosis
Name given to sheet like tendon?
Aponeurosis
