Tendons

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Tendon structure, function and composition
Lauren  Horsburgh
Mind Map by Lauren Horsburgh, updated more than 1 year ago
Lauren  Horsburgh
Created by Lauren Horsburgh over 6 years ago
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Tendons
  1. Connection
    1. Muscle
      1. Continuous with deep fascia, epimysium, perimysium, endomesium
        1. Folded, increases surface area, reduces applied strength
        2. Bone
          1. Enthesis
            1. To periosteum
              1. via Sharpey's fingers
            2. Fibres
              1. Type I collagen
                1. Endotendon surrounds a group of collagen fibrils
                  1. Surrounding the endotendon is the epitenon
                    1. Surrounding the epitenon is the paratenon
                      1. Epitenon +
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