And she passed out, leaving Cosimo plucking his lip irresolutely, and Miss Britomart Belchamber deeply interested in the common tendon of the other soleus and gastrocnemius.
Then she raised one of them, and her fingers explored the common tendon of the soleus and gastrocnemius.
We can conclude that the extent of the area of insertion of the tendon of a muscle can determine that muscle's relative efficiency, while the muscle itself remains the same in bulk.
The tendon from the pectoralis major muscle, which inserts on this process, probably finds better insertion on a higher process than on a lower but longer one.
However, the conjoining tendon of the anterior and posterior pairs of digastric muscles is ribbonlike in Eutamias and rodlike (rounded in cross section) in Tamias.
The right hand hung straight down from a nick in the dropped wrist where a tendon had been severed.
He turned to the cut tendon with an air of integrity, his conscience appeased by laying down this time limit.
It is a small, fleshy body, situated on the anterior surface of the metatarsus, which arises from the calcaneum, whence it passes to unite at its inferior extremity with the tendon of the extensor of the phalanges.
In the dog and the cat the tendon is divided into five portions, each of which proceeds to one of the digits.
It arises above from the external tuberosity of the tibia, and terminates below in a tendon which is united with that of the gastrocnemius.
These muscles are represented by two fleshy bundles, situated one on each side of the tendon of the deep flexor, above the ring of the tendon of the superficial flexor.
In the horse, the corresponding tendon is attached to a tubercle which is situated on the anterior surface of the base of the principal metacarpal, a little internal to the median plane of the latter.
In the pig it arises from a depression below the orbital cavity, and its fleshy body is terminated in front by a strong tendon in the upper part of the snout, in which it divides into fasciculi.
It presents, on its external surface, a groove for the passage of the tendon of the posterior ulnar muscle, which is named by veterinary anatomists the external flexor of the metacarpus.
The conjunctiva is freely divided vertically with scissors directly over the insertion of the tendon into the globe (see Fig.
The tendon is defined in the wound and a strabismus hook passed beneath it; its middle portion is isolated and two silk sutures, with a needle at each end, are passed through it and tied.
The tendon is first button-holed about its centre and the expansions are then divided upwards and downwards to the required extent.
Among rare accidents which have followed this simple operation is tetanus when catgut and wallaby tendon has been used for the retaining sutures (see p.
The tendon only is isolated, shortened, and advanced.
Each muscle is held in place by expansions on either side of the tendonas well as by the tendinous insertions.
The tiny tendon is severed with a snick of the paracentesis knife, cutting through it from above downwards under good illumination.
A, Curette inserted round handle of malleus; B, Curette pushed upwards, in act of cutting through tendon of tensor tympani muscle.
The strabismus hook may be inserted, both upwards and downwards, to see that thetendon is properly divided, but all pulling on the muscle with a hook should be avoided, as it is painful and disturbs the muscular equilibrium.
The theory has been advanced that the unopposed action of the stapedius muscle prevents free movement of the stapes in these cases, and for this reason tenotomy of its tendon is advocated.
The superior palpebral ligament is then divided carefully high up near the orbital margin and directly below, in a small quantity of fat, will be found the tendon of the levator palpebræ superioris.
A tenotomy hook is passed beneath the tendonand its expansion and brought out through a small hole in Tenon’s capsule on the opposite side of the tendon.
Perforation of the globe has been known to occur during the division of a tendon in an obstreperous patient.
Moreover, the pit for the tendon of the popliteus muscle below the external condyle is unusually deep.
It has the same development of the external condyle as in the latter, while the fossa for the popliteal tendon is equally deep, only slightly differing in shape.
This Tendonis connected with some part of the animal from which it passes through an opening or hiatus in the shell, as in the Terebratula and the Mytilus.
The shells of this family are inequivalve, equilateral, and attached to marine bodies by a tendon passing through one of the valves.
The long tendon of the biceps is usually destroyed, the head of the bone is drawn upwards, and, after wearing through the capsule, rubs on the under surface of the acromion, which also becomes eburnated.
The tendon of the popliteus muscle intervenes between the lateral meniscus and the capsule.
Outlying abscesses and sinuses are usually the result of infection of the tendon sheaths in the neighbourhood.
The lower end of the humerus lies in the flexure of the joint with the biceps tendontightly stretched over it.
The ulnar nerve lies in the hollow between the olecranon and the medial condyle, and the median nerve passes over the front of the joint, with the brachial artery and biceps tendon to its lateral side.
Failing this, the thickened portion of the tendon is pared down to its normal size; if it is the sheath of the tendon that is narrow, it is laid freely open.
The tendon sheaths, especially those of the peronei and of the tibialis posterior, are liable to be infected by the spread of infective disease from the joint.
The degree of displacement of the fragments depends upon the extent to which the expansion of the quadriceps tendon is lacerated.
All deformity must be corrected before transferring the tendon; if the tendon is too short to admit of this, it can be lengthened by means of silk threads (Lange).
Means must also be taken to maintain the functional activity of the muscles of the damaged area, to prevent the formation of adhesions in joints and tendon sheaths, and generally to restore the function of the injured part.
The head, thus brought to bear upon the lower and back part of the capsule, tears it and leaves the socket, passing upwards and coming to rest on the dorsum of the ilium, above and anterior to the tendon of the obturator internus (Fig.
Wherever possible a tendon should be transplanted directly into bone, as, if it is attached to soft parts it rarely holds firmly enough.
The pupillary reactions are normal, as are the tendon reflexes of the upper extremity; but the knee jerks are much diminished, and one day we failed to elicit them at all, though we noted their return a week later.
Section of the tendon of the sternomastoid did not impede the development of the affection, which two years ago increased in intensity, when the above-mentioned movements in the arms were superadded.
Cross the knee to be stimulated over the other leg, and tap the tendon just below the knee cap, and the knee jerk appears.
Let the tendon become taut in muscular contraction, and the fine branches of the sensory axon will be squeezed and so stimulated.
This sharp forward kick of the foot and lower leg is aroused by a tap on the tendon running in front {55} of the knee.
With the edge of your hand strike the patellar tendon just below the knee cap.
The knee jerk or "patellar reflex", aroused by a blow on the patellar tendonjust below the knee when the knee is bent and the lower leg hanging freely, is quicker still, taking about .
In Holden's "Landmarks" we are told that the operation of dividing the Achilles tendon was first performed by an unfortunate upon himself, by means of a razor.
Markoe observed a patient of seventy-two, who ruptured both the quadriceps tendons of each patella by slipping on a piece of ice, one tendon first giving way, and followed almost immediately by the other.
It occasionally happens that in avulsion of the finger an entire tendon is stripped up and torn off with the detached member.
None of these cases of rupture of the tendon are unique, parallel instances existing in medical literature in abundance.
Hart dissected the stomach of a woman of thirty which resembled the stomach of a predaceous bird, with patches of tendon on its surface.
Partridge mentions an instance, in a strong and healthy man, of rupture of the tendon of the left triceps cubiti, caused by a fall on the pavement.
Nunnely has seen the little finger together with the tendon and body of the longer flexor muscle avulsed by machinery.
The missile penetrated the central tendon of the diaphragm and lodged in the lung.
The left testicle lay on the tendon of the adductor longus in the left groin; it was not fully developed, but the patient had sexual desires, erections, and emissions.
A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
When the tendon is spread out, so as to resemble a membrane, it is called fascia.
So firmly are they united, that the bone will break before the tendon can be released.
He also looks upon the ligamentum teres as the divorced tendon of the pectineus muscle.
The tendon of the popliteus muscle is an intra-capsular structure, and is therefore covered with a synovial sheath.
The tendon of the biceps has evidently sunk through the capsule into the joint, and even when it is intra-capsular there is usually a double fold connecting its sheath of synovial membrane with that lining the capsule.
In order to allow the tendon which moves the last joint of the finger to pass through, the tendon which moves the second joint divides at its attachment to the bone (Fig.
The tendon (B) belonging to one of the muscles of the eye, for example, passes through a ring of cartilage, and thus a rotary motion is secured.
Rupture of the tendon of Achilles, from taking a sudden bound.
Since the tendon can not always pull in the direction of the desired motion, some contrivance is necessary to meet the want.
Footnote: Instances have been known of children falling dead from having carried to excess so pleasant and healthful an amusement as jumping the rope, and of persons rupturing the Tendon of Achilles in dancing.
Besides, the small, insensible tendon can better bear the exposure of passing over a joint, and be more easily lodged in some protecting groove, than the broad, sensitive muscle.
The horse is said to be "hamstrung," and is rendered useless, when the Tendon of Achilles is cut.
Footnote: This is called theTendon of Achilles (k, Fig.
Why would an elastic tendonbe unfitted to transmit the motion of a muscle?
As long as the detached tendon of the external rectus is not re-attached firmly with the sclerotic, all these movements of the eyes help to strengthen the result of the tenotomy.
Bursal synovial membranes are sacs interposed between the surfaces which move upon each other, producing friction, as in the gliding of a tendon or of the integument over projecting bony surfaces.
Vaginal synovial membranes serve to facilitate the gliding of a tendon in the bony canal through which it passes.
They are simply sesamoid bones forming ossifications in the inner tendon of the external oblique muscle, and are developed as supports for the abdominal wall.
The =patella= or =knee-cap= is a sesamoid bone due to an ossification in the tendon of the extensor muscles of the leg.
A, 10), differs from the others in being merely an ossification in the tendon of a muscle.
If you ever get a chance to try a knife on that tendon you'll find that unless the knife is sharp like a razor you'll have to put in a good deal of force, and do some little sawing to get the blade through the tendon.
I always just took it for granted that a wolf, because he is big and strong, could and did cut through that tendon by a snap of his jaws; but the way you put it, it looks to me as if that would not be possible.
I always supposed that a wolf just bit through that big tendon that runs down from the ham to the hock, and, of course, if that's cut or broken that cripples that leg entirely.
But now that you speak of it, it looks to me like a pretty good-sized contract for any animal to bite through that tendon at a single snap.
Hamstringing buffalo and stock means, I suppose, crippling them by hurting that big tendon above the hock.
As Mason says, it might happen now and then that a wolf's jaws that hit that tendon just right would partly cut it in two, and then the animal might break it in struggling, but that wouldn't happen often.
And first I will begin with the bones, and then will go on to all the muscles which spring from the bones without tendons and end in them in the same way, and then go on to those which start with a single tendon at one end.
Thus the joint of the bones obeys the nerve, and the nerve the muscle, and the muscle the tendon and the tendon the Common Sense.
From these there follow an infinite number of other movements always effected by two tendons; one tendonceasing to act, the other takes up the movement.
He was wounded in both legs, the shot having passed through the kneecap of one leg and through the tendon of the other, thus completely putting him out of action.
The shot proved to be a glancing one, so that the bullet was still in the tendon of the right leg.
