Composite bow
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A composite bow is a bow made from many different materials. Composite bows can be made from any combination of horn, antler, bamboo, wood, or sinew. These materials are typically laminated together w
A massive composite bow drawn by a Qing era archer, northern China, ca. 19th century
A Persian guard at Persepolis, with a bow that terminates in a duck head shape.
Scythians shooting with bows, Panticapaeum (known today as Kerch, Crimea), 4th century BCE
Scythian-style bows made in the Caucasus region, often associated with the Koban culture, were made "backwards", with deflexed handles, leading to an "interception" at the stress risers. The bow on the left is strung properly.
Tendon
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A tendon or sinew is a tough band of dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone. It sends the mechanical forces of muscle contraction to the skeletal system, while withstanding tensi
Composite bow
…A composite bow is a bow made from many different materials. Composite bows can be made from any combination of horn, antler, bamboo, wood, or sinew. These materials are typically laminated together with glue. Materials such as horn or antler are added to composite bows because they have extraordinary…
The Achilles tendon, one of the tendons in the human body (from Gray's Anatomy, 1st ed., 1858)
Micrograph of a piece of tendon; H&E stain
Magnified view of a tendon
Ossified tendon from an Edmontosaurus bone bed in Wyoming (Lance Formation)