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The Achilles tendon is in the Heel
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Ahmed
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Is the Achilles tendon in the heel knee or toe?
The Achilles tendon is in the Heel by Ahmed
Is the Achilles tendon in the knee heel or toe?
It is in the heel By Joshua Kodituwakku
What muscle is the Achilles tendon attached?
The Achilles tendon is attached to the calf muscle (gastrocnemius). It is also attached to the heel bone (calcaneus). Achilles tendon is also known as the calcaneal tendon (calcaneal hence the heel bone calcaneus).
Why is the tendon above the heel called the Achilles heel?
It was named after the hero "Achilles", who was killed when an arrow penetrated his heel.
Where is the largest tendon?
Largest Tendon in the Human Body It is the Achilles Heel.
What is the tendon that runs from your heel up the back of your leg?
The Achilles tendon .
What is an Achilles rupture?
More commonly known as an Achilles tendon rupture, it is the tearing / rupturing of the Achilles' tendon that runs down the back of the leg into the heel. It is so named for the Greek Warrior Achilles, who was crippled by an arrow into that tendon in his heel. Achilles died in the Trojan War.
Where is the Achilles tendo located?
Achilles Tendon is located at the back of the ankle. The tough rope like tendon that joins the heel and the calf muscle is achilles tendon.
Is your Achilles located on your foot?
Achilles often means the Achilles tendon, at the back of the heel.
What is the tendon that is named after a Greek mythical hero?
The Achilles tendon, in the heel. It is named for Achilles because it was the only point on his body that was vulnerable to damage.
Where is your Achilles tendon at?
A late legend has Achilles' goddess-mother dipping him in the River Styx to make him invulnerable, but holding him by the heel, didn't immerse that part. Crafty Paris shot him in the heel with an arrow, and so killed him. The word Achilles heel is used as an expression for someone's vulnerability. The tendon attaching the calf muscle to the heel is now called the Achilles tendon.
How do you put the word tendon into a sentence?
In the human being, the Achilles tendon attaches the calf muscles to the heel bone.I am stretching my Achilles tendon.
