9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook tendons Also found in:Thesaurus,Medical,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. Bands of fibrous connective tissue joining muscles to bones. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Informa...
Modern advances in medical care have greatly improved survival rate and life expectancy following trauma or degenerative conditions, indirectly leading to an ever-increasing need for functional tissue substitutes to improve quality of life. As tendons have limited regeneration capacity, suitable substitutes...
A: Extending the wrist flexes the fingers. With intact flexor tendons and a relaxed or distracted patient, passive wrist extension results in finger flexion. If flexor tendons are damaged, the injured finger(s) will rest in an extended position when the wrist is extended. B: Flexing the wris...
A: Extending the wrist flexes the fingers. With intact flexor tendons and a relaxed or distracted patient, passive wrist extension results in finger flexion. If flexor tendons are damaged, the injured finger(s) will rest in an extended position when the wrist is extended. B: Flexing the wris...