Tendon /(?)/

Ten·don

Tendon

n.
  1. A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. (Anat.)

Phrases & Compounds
Tendon reflex
a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See Knee jerk, under Knee.