Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0325 short lesson, about 20 seconds
ten/o and tendin/o: Tendon
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The idea
The combining forms ten slash o and tendin slash o both name a tendon, the band attaching muscle to bone.
In practice
Tendinitis is inflammation of a tendon.
Where people slip
A tendon joins muscle to bone. A different structure joins bone to bone.
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