A tendon is a tough, rope-like band inside your body that joins a muscle to a bone. When the muscle pulls, the tendon passes that pull on to the bone, and the bone moves — so a tendon is the cable in the machine. You can feel one on yourself right now: the thick cord at the back of your ankle, above the heel, is the Achilles tendon, the biggest in the body.

A tendon is a tough, rope-like band inside your bodytendon是身體裡一種堅韌、像繩子一樣的組織 that joins a muscle to a bone負責把肌肉和骨頭連接起來 When the muscle pulls當肌肉收縮出力時 the tendon passes that pull on to the bonetendon會把這個力傳到骨頭上 and the bone moves骨頭就會跟著動 — so a tendon is the cable in the machine所以tendon就像機器裡的傳動線一樣 You can feel one on yourself right now你現在就可以在自己身上摸到一條 the thick cord at the back of your ankle, above the heel就是腳踝後面、腳跟上方那條粗粗的筋 is the Achilles tendon那就是Achilles tendon（阿基里斯腱） the biggest in the body是身體裡最大的一條tendon

The word is everyday enough that ordinary people use it about injuries — 'I tore a tendon playing basketball' — while doctors use it in the same plain way, so it sits comfortably in both medical and casual speech.

The word is everyday enough that ordinary people use it about injuries這個字很生活化，一般人在講受傷時也會用它 'I tore a tendon playing basketball'像'I tore a tendon playing basketball'（我打籃球拉傷了一條tendon） while doctors use it in the same plain way而醫生也是用一樣直白的方式在用這個字 so it sits comfortably in both medical and casual speech所以不管是醫學上還是口語上用起來都很自然

Learners often mix up three body words. A tendon joins muscle to bone. A ligament joins bone to bone, holding a joint together. A nerve carries signals. Athletes get all three injured and the news reports them differently, so the distinction is worth fixing in your memory.

Learners often mix up three body words學習者常常會把三個身體部位的字搞混 A tendon joins muscle to bonetendon是連接肌肉和骨頭 A ligament joins bone to boneligament是連接骨頭和骨頭 holding a joint together把關節固定在一起 A nerve carries signalsnerve負責傳遞信號 Athletes get all three injured運動員這三種都可能受傷 and the news reports them differently新聞報導時也會分開講 so the distinction is worth fixing in your memory所以這個區別值得好好記住

Two more things you meet in real life: tendonitis (also spelled tendinitis) is when a tendon becomes swollen and painful from doing the same movement too many times, and it is very common in office workers and players of racket sports. And in cooking, the chewy white parts of beef that Taiwanese diners love in 牛筋 are tendons — so 'beef tendon' on an English menu is exactly what you think it is.

Two more things you meet in real life生活中還會遇到兩件事 tendonitis (also spelled tendinitis) is when a tendon becomes swollen and painfultendonitis（也拼作tendinitis）指的是tendon因為腫脹、疼痛 from doing the same movement too many times而這通常是因為重複同一個動作太多次造成的 and it is very common in office workers and players of racket sports在上班族和打球拍類運動的人身上很常見 And in cooking而在飲食上 the chewy white parts of beef that Taiwanese diners love in 牛筋 are tendons台灣人愛吃的牛筋裡那些有嚼勁的白色部分就是tendons — so 'beef tendon' on an English menu is exactly what you think it is所以英文菜單上的'beef tendon'指的就是你想的那樣