Tendon vs Enthesis - What's the difference?
tendon | enthesis |
(anatomy) A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.
(anatomy) The point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into a bone.
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As nouns the difference between tendon and enthesis
is that tendon is tendon while enthesis is (anatomy) the point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into a bone.tendon
English
(wikipedia tendon)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* sinewDerived terms
* tendonitis *See also
* ligament ----enthesis
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(wikipedia enthesis)Noun
(entheses)page 26,
- Like arthritis, peripheral enthesitis occurs predominantly in the lower extremities, particularly in the foot, at single sites at onset, and then at several entheses throughout the course of the disease.
page 64,
- Functional entheses occur where tendinous and ligamentous structures, while not actually attaching to bone, are adjacent and in a close relationship to the underlying bone.
page 211,
- Inflammation of the enthesis', when associated with arthritis in children, is called the syndrome of seronegative enthesopathy associated with arthritis (SEA). The '''entheses''' most commonly involved in children are the plantar aponeurosis, calcaneal ' enthesis , and distal and proximal patellar ligament insertions.