Tendons are thick fibrous cords that attach small muscles of the hand to bones.
Tendons attach muscles and bone, and are classified as flexors (flex a joint) or extensors (extend a joint).
A special ridge for attaching muscles to the femur.
Another doctor was waiting to attach the ligaments and muscles.
Tendons attach skeletal muscles to bones; ligaments connect bones to bones at joints.
Tendons are the tough cords of tissue that attach muscles to bones.
The linea aspera (L. rough line) is a ridge of roughened surface on the posterior aspect of the femur, to which are attached muscles and intermuscular septum.
They are also more mobile in mammals than in other groups, since it is only in this group that they have any attached muscles.
The massage therapy, developed by Dr. Ida P. Rolf, purports to unify the body by targeting the connective tissues that attach muscles to bones.
The large teeth and crest for attaching chewing muscles indicate a diet consisting mainly of coarse vegetable matter.