Plural of tendon

regular plural

The plural of tendon is tendons.

Forms of tendon

I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 78
Biological examples include connective tissues (cartilage and tendons) and cellular cytoskeleta.2021, Michael Frame, Mathematical Models in the Biosciences 1, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 394. From the entry cytoskeleton
The knife buried itself into the Minotaur's right hand, cutting flesh, bone and tendons alike.2015 August 18, Fujino Omori, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 3 (light novel), Yen Press LLC, →ISBN. From the entry shink
Together, tenoblasts and tenocytes account for 90 to 95 % of the cellular elements of tendons.2015 July 9, Catherine Baugé et al., “TOL19-001 reduces inflammation and MMP expression in monolayer cultures of tendon cells”, in BMC…. From the entry tenoblasts
The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery, →ISBN, page 14. From the entry palmar

noun A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
noun The hamstring of a quadruped.
noun A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

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