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
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)
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
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…purposes due to the lack of other suitable fiber sources in their ecological habitats. The elastic properties of particular sinews were also used in composite recurved bows favoured by the steppe nomads of Eurasia, and Native Americans. The first stone throwing artillery also used the elastic properties of sinew. Sinew…
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.