Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: March 22, 2026

Id	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013710 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013710
Preferred Name	Tendons
Definitions	Fibrous bands or cords of CONNECTIVE TISSUE at the ends of SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS that serve to attach the MUSCLES to bones and other structures.
Synonyms	Epotenons Paraarticular Tendon Endotenons Epotenon Tendon Tendon, Paraarticular Para-Articular Tendons Para-Articular Tendon Paraarticular Tendons Tendons, Para Articular Tendon, Para-Articular Endotenon Tendons, Paraarticular Tendons, Para-Articular See more See less
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

definition	Fibrous bands or cords of CONNECTIVE TISSUE at the ends of SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS that serve to attach the MUSCLES to bones and other structures.
altLabel	Epotenons Paraarticular Tendon Endotenons Epotenon Tendon Tendon, Paraarticular Para-Articular Tendons Para-Articular Tendon Paraarticular Tendons Tendons, Para Articular Tendon, Para-Articular Endotenon Tendons, Paraarticular Tendons, Para-Articular See more See less
prefLabel	Tendons
EC	injuries:Tendon Injuries
Machine permutation	1963; /transplantation was TENDON TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; for TENDONS, PARA-ARTICULAR see TENDONS, PARA-ARTICULAR 1965-2006
HN	1963; /transplantation was TENDON TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
tui	T023
TERMUI	T000888786 T040280 T040281 T040282 T000888787
TH	NLM (1965) NLM (1966) UNK (19XX) NLM (2017)
MMR	20160505
notation	D013710
Inverse of RO	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013709
Semantic type UMLS property	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T023
Inverse of AQ	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000098 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000648 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000469 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000002 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000033 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000254 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000473 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000737 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000294 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000503 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000637 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000000981 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000166 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528 See more See less
FX	D013709
DX	19630101
cui	C0039509 C4279943 C4279944 C0039508
DC	1
MN	A02.880
AN	tendon rupture: coordinate TENDON INJURIES with RUPTURE; /surg: consider TENDON TRANSFER; /transpl: do not confuse with TENDON TRANSFER; for specifically located tendons coordinate with general area of tendon, not a bone term, (metacarpal tendon = TENDONS + HAND or FINGERS, not METACARPUS); "false tendons" of heart = PURKINJE FIBERS
AQL	AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI
MDA	19990101
subClassOf	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009141

Add comment

Add proposal

Subscribe to notes emails

Delete	Subject	Author	Type	Created
No notes to display