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English translation: tendinous end

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Italian term or phrase:	capo tendinoso
English translation:	tendinous end
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21:13 Nov 23, 2009

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Medical - Medical (general) / patologia della spalla

Italian term or phrase: capo tendinoso

Il tendine del sovraspinoso presenta lesione lacerativa completa con retrazione del capo tendinoso a livello del bordo glenoideo.

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tendinous end

Explanation:
Most harvested tendons have a purely tendinous end where they are inserted into a bony attachment and a muscular end usually coinciding with the origin of the tendon. After a tendon graft is harvested, the muscular end of the tendon has to be stripped of its attached muscle.
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tendinous end

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tendon stump

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tendinous attachment

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tendinous attachment

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Dall* ampia cavità rimasta e fat- tasi ancor maggiore per la retrazione dei teesati ...... analogo al capo tendinoso del bicipite omerale deirnomo. ...
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PART 3 - GLENOHUMERAL JOINT (MUSCLE-TENDON)
ward beyond their tendinous attachment on the tubercles. ...... biceps stabilises the humeral head on the glenoid by counteract- ...
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MRI of the shoulder - Google Books Result
by Michael B. Zlatkin - 2003 - Medical - 306 pages
There are two tendinous origins of the biceps muscle. Recent biomechanics! and clinical studies have clarified its role in stabilizing the humeral head in ...
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WetCanvas: ArtsSchool Online: Basic Anatomy: L10
The triceps is the only muscle on the back of the upper arm and is the great ... The flat area between them is the aponeurotic tendinous attachment of the ... of the humerus, and it is crossing under the biceps to insert into the ulna. ...
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Biceps Tendon and Triceps Tendon Ruptures
arm: a proximal tendinous attachment on the glenoid and coracoid and a distal tendinous ...... radial side of the ulnar ridge. Placing the knot directly ...
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tendon stump

Explanation:
retraction of the tendon stump to the glenoid rim

Massive tears of the rotator cuff treated with a deltoid flapAll tears involved supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons and were associated with tendon stump retraction to the glenoid rim, a preservable long ...
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Note added at 23 mins (2009-11-23 21:36:12 GMT)
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Literally "head" of the tendon - in other words the end that is attached to the glenoid rim. When the tendon is ruptured this "stump" retracts.

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