Some foot tendons include the Achilles tendon, which connects the calf muscles to the heel bone, the peroneal tendons which help stabilize the foot and ankle, and the extensor and flexor tendons which control movement of the toes.
There are a number of muscles that produce inversion of the ankle. Tibialis Anterior Extensor Hallucis Longus Tibialis Posterior Flexor Hallucis Longus Flexor Digitorum Longus tibialis anterior
The quadriceps tendon is an extensor tendon responsible for extending the knee joint by connecting the quadriceps muscle to the patella.
Anterior tibialis tendinitis is the medical term meaning inflammation o the anterior tibialis tendon. The condition causes ankle pain.
There a lot of tendons on the plantar side of the foot. Off the top of my head... Tendon of the flexor digitorum longus Tendon of the flexor digitorum brevis Tendon of the flexor hallucis longus Tendon of the flexor hallucis brevis Tendon of the flexor digiti minimi brevis Tendon of the fibularis longus Tendon of the tibialis posterior Tendons of the lumbricals Tendons of the plantar interosseous muscles Tendon of the abductor hallucis Tendon of the adductor hallucis Tendon of the abductor digiti minimi There are also a bunch of ligaments.
CPT 25310 represents tendon transplantation or transfer, flexor or extensor, forearm and/or wrist, single; each tendon. Read more details here http://goo.gl/ASXJnJ
The tendon that bounds the anatomical snuff box medially is the tendon of the extensor pollicis longus muscle.
Another name for bowed tendon is a tendonitis or tendon strain.
The ICD-9 code for extensor pollicis longus tendon reconstruction is 83.12. This code specifically refers to the repair of tendon(s) in the hand and fingers.
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26356
muscle weakness / paralysishypertonia (increased muscle tone = spasticity)hyper-reflexia of deep tendon reflexesloss of cutaneous superficial reflexespositive babinski's designclonus (series of alternating involuntary muscle contractions and relaxations of flexor and extensor muscles)