GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A tendon is a fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone. Tendons may also attach muscles to structures such as the eyeball.

Detailed explanation-2: -tendon, tissue that attaches a muscle to other body parts, usually bones. Tendons are the connective tissues that transmit the mechanical force of muscle contraction to the bones; the tendon is firmly connected to muscle fibres at one end and to components of the bone at its other end.

Detailed explanation-3: -The tendon is attached to the bone by collagenous fibres (Sharpey fibres) that continue into the matrix of the bone.