283 examples of tendons in sentences

She saw Gratton crawl to his feet; his hand went out to the table to draw himself up; it found one of the heavy bronze book-ends; the fingers gripped it so that the tendons stood out like cords.

Then its peculiar power to act as a stimulant to the growth of bone and the soft supporting and connecting tissues like tendons and ligaments comes into play.

One spring and a snap, and the ramping, masterful stag would have been helpless as a rabbit, his tendons cut cleanly at the hock; another snap and he must come down, spite of his great power, and be food for the growing cubs that sat on their tails watching him, unterrified now by his fierce challenge.

These fibers may be found so interwoven as to form a sheet, as in the periosteum of the bone, the fasciæ around muscles, and the capsules of organs; or they may be aggregated into bundles and form rope-like bands, as in the ligaments of joints and the tendons of muscles.

The white fibro-cartilage is found in the disks between the bodies of the vertebræ, in the interior of the knee joint, in the wrist and other joints, filling the cavities of the bones, in socket joints, and in the grooves for tendons.

This number does not, however, include several small bones found in the tendons of muscles and in the ear.

Beginning with those at the outermost parts of the body, we find them located in the sense-organs, not only within the traditional five, but also within the muscles, tendons, joints, and internal organs of the body such as the heart, and digestive organs.

You can feel the muscles contracting and the tendons moving back and forth, even into the back of the hand.

This simply means, of course, that the diseased process has extended to either of the flexor tendons, to the tendon of the extensor pedis, or, perhaps, to the ligaments of the pedal articulation.

At this stage there is also considerable swelling along the whole course of the tendons, as high up as the knee or the hock.

This condition may, in fact, be mistaken for sprain, and is only to be distinguished from it by carefully noting the history of the casefirst, the appearance of the swelling in the hollow of the heel, and, secondly, the after-swelling of the upper portions of the tendons.

When septic matter has gained the sheath of the perforans, and the formation of pus therein is indicated by inflammatory swellings in the hollow of the heel, it is sometimes advisable to lay the sheath open for 1 to 2 inches along the course of the tendons.

To a large extent we judge this to be due to slight adhesions between the two tendons brought about by the growth of inflammatory fibrous tissue.

In several instances we have practised this treatment for the dressing of wounds implicating the bursæ of tendons and the capsules of joints.

This little animal contains in itself as many members and viscera as there are in a camel, such as brains, hearts, pulmonary pipes, organs of sense, motion, and generation, a stomach, intestines, and several others; and each of these organs consists of fibres, nerves, blood-vessels, muscles, tendons, membranes; and each of these of still purer parts, which escape the observation of the keenest eye."

He then turned to his own, to the germs of life that still awaited birth, to knit their joints, to attach the tendons, to mould the muscles,finally, to sway the limbs by a mighty will.

my unspeakable tortures,my infernal agonies have commenced!the diabolical shouts and shrieks of the fiendish spectatorsthe crackling and hissing of my tender fleshthe bursting of my over swollen tendons, muscles, and arteries, with the out-gush of the crimson vital stream from every pore,I hear,I see,I feel,and in my morbid imagination, die many deaths in one!

The Truxton was wallowing underfootas one in the saddle feels the tendons of his mount give way after a race.

His neck, once as sturdy as a bull's, showed the tendons and the arteries under the loose, wrinkled skin; and his mustache, once so arrogant, but now withering with each successive day, drooped dispiritedly like the banner of a defeated army wet with rain.

Surgical pathology of the skin, fascia, muscles, tendons, blood and lymph vessels.

SEE Hertzler, Arthur E. Surgical pathology of the skin, fascia, muscles, tendons, blood and lymph vessels.

This Description does not only comprehend the Bowels, Bones, Tendons, Veins, Nerves and Arteries, but every Muscle and every Ligature, which is a Composition of Fibres, that are so many imperceptible Tubes or Pipes interwoven on all sides with invisible Glands or Strainers.

If care has been taken to cut only through the skin, the tendons of the leg may now be easily removed with the fingers.

The gelatinous substance found in bones, skin, and tendons, is almost devoid of nutriment.

By degrees the heat, wich at first only seemed to affect the mouth and adjacent parts, diffused itself over his body and extremities: he had an unsteadiness and lassitue in his joints, particularly of the knees and ancles, with an irritable twitching of the tendons, which seemed to deprive him of the power of walking; and he thought that in all his limbs he perceived an evident interruption to the circulation of the blood.

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