Both Uses of
tendon
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- The nails were clean and clipped, the tendons ropy It was hard to imagine the fingers curled around a pistol, pulling a trigger twice.†
tendons = bands of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone
- I could feel the tendons tangle on the outside of my skin and the fever in my head steaming against the pillow.†
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Definition:
a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone