It's spelled Achilles, and it is the tendon that runs from your heel up the back of your ankle, and through your lower calf. Also the name of a hero in Greek Mythology, who had a weak tendon in this spot, hence the term " Achilles Heel" meaning your vulnerable point, metaphorically.
Try spelling it "Achilles" and you will find it easier to look up. Achilles was the name of a hero in ancient Greek mythology. He was made invulnerable by being dipped in the River Styx as a baby. His mother held him by his heel, and that was the only part that did not get dipped. So--that's where his one vulnerable spot was, and that's how he was killed: by an arrow to the heel. Now guess where the Achilles tendon is and also what the expression "Achilles heel" means.
The long thin tendon commonly used for tendon transplants is the flexor tendon from the hamstring muscle, known as the "semitendinosus" tendon.
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Another name for bowed tendon is a tendonitis or tendon strain.
The Achilles Tendon.
The tendon that is named after a Greek hero is the Achilles tendon.
Calcaneal (Achilles) Tendon
If you have a tendon that tears and cannot be repaired then it must be replaced. A plastic ops tendon may be used in place of the original tendon if necessary.
The tendon that connects the hamstring to the knee is called the patellar tendon.
The gastrocnemius muscle is located in the posterior, or back part of the lower leg. The calcaneal tendon, more commonly known as the Achilles Tendon, is what connects the gastrocnemius muscle to the calcaneus bone.