Category: T
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Tenontomyotomy
Cutting of the principal tendon of a muscle with excision of the muscle in part or in whole.
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Tenonometer
A device for measuring degree of intraocular tension.
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Tenomyotomy
Excision of lateral portion of a tendon or muscle.
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Tenomyoplasty
Reparative operation upon a tendon and muscle.
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Tenofibrii
A filament in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells; part of the cytoskeleton tonofibril.
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Tenodesis
Surgical fixation of a tendon. Usually a tendon is transferred from its initial point of origin to a new origin in order to restore muscle balance to a joint, to restore lost function, or to increase active power of joint motion. The immobilization of a joint by reducing the length of the tendons that surround…
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Tenectomy
Excision of a lesion of a tendon or tendon sheath.
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Tenebrio
A genus of beetles including the species of T. molitor, which is an intermediate host of helminth parasites of vertebrates.
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Tendon cell
One of the fibroblasts of white fibrous connective tissue of tendons that re arranged in parallel rows.
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Tendinosis
Degeneration of a tendon from repetitive microtrauma.