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ten/o and tendin/o: Tendon

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The combining forms ten slash o and tendin slash o both name a tendon, the band attaching muscle to bone.

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Tendinitis is inflammation of a tendon.

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A tendon joins muscle to bone. A different structure joins bone to bone.