What's the difference between sinew and tendinous?

Sinew


Definition:

  • (n.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
  • (n.) Muscle; nerve.
  • (n.) Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.
  • (v. t.) To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the "Bergmannsheil" Hospital in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, 11 distal ruptures of the biceps sinew in 10 patients were operatively treated during 1985 and 1989.
  • (2) It means a fundamentally more unstable Middle East, with the prospect of a nuclear arms race in the region.” The foreign secretary called on the western powers at the talks to “strain every sinew to get a deal over the finishing line”.
  • (3) Suture was with cotton or human hair, acacia and other thorns, ant jaws, and sinew, with or without a drain.
  • (4) There were fat cats, but there were many more lawyers working long hours and straining every sinew for their clients.
  • (5) Abuse is being continued, perpetuated, right under the noses of judges and police – the very institutions that should be protecting the vulnerable with every sinew of state power.” Labour MPs repeatedly pressed Heald for a timetable for the introduction of the amending legislation to implement the ban but he could only promise to do so “shortly”.
  • (6) I think it very likely that artists north and south of the border will strain every sinew to keep cultural relationships strong and thriving, but I fear that the upheaval of moving towards independence for Scotland may unintentionally break or damage a great many cultural links and ties.
  • (7) The clothes – a wedding headdress like an amphibian mating display, scarlet armour striated with sinews – were certainly more dramatic than the actors, and won Ishioka an Oscar.
  • (8) The trick is often to cook them slowly, taking advantage of their bones, sinew and fat to keep them moist and juicy.
  • (9) Furthermore a syntropy with the cervicobrachial syndrome, the humeroscapular periarthritis, calcifications of bursa and insertions of the sinews, the gout and the carpal tunnel syndrome were found.
  • (10) He was a fiercely patriotic Belgian poet – it could be said, the Rupert Brooke of the the Belgians – who, after the German invasion of his country, had written deeply felt and stirring poems, to summon up Belgian blood, to stiffen Belgian sinews.
  • (11) Partly also in tribute to Penderecki's love of trees, Greenwood found an oak leaf in his garden, and transformed the contours of its veins and sinews into musical material.
  • (12) Stripping of animal sinews between the clenched posterior teeth has been recorded on film as a common task activity in traditional aboriginal society.
  • (13) "We recognise that, as a government, we have to strain every sinew to do things that help support the economy to grow, and capital spending is a very important part of that.
  • (14) The prince told senior figures - including the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and US secretary of state, Hilary Clinton - that they must "strain every sinew" to find ways to halt the destruction of forests across the world.
  • (15) But when reshaping services and making efficiencies, councils must stretch every sinew to protect the vital frontline services that families rely on."
  • (16) The same two City players combined later in the first half but Weidenfeller thwarted Agüero in similar fashion and he made it a hat-trick of saves when he stretched every sinew to tip the striker's dipping 20-yard effort over the bar in the 35th minute.
  • (17) What I’m saying is that party members and increasingly the country want to see us oppose these airstrikes, which are not the solution, with every sinew of our being.
  • (18) The endless heavy traffic drains them psychologically and the struggle to make a living … strains the sinews of their bodies.” It’s a depressing portrait of life in Egypt’s bustling capital.
  • (19) In 3 cases the rupture of the biceps sinew was not caused by any outward influence.
  • (20) McFall, who also sat on the commission, said banks needed to ensure “they are straining every sinew to put customers back at the heart of retail banking.

Tendinous


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.
  • (a.) Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The tendinous caging of the wrist is the main factor for maintaining rigidity of the carpus and transmitting the torque as muscles are contracted.
  • (2) Given the megadoses of steroids taken by some athletes and the large forces incurred by power-trained musculature, the integrity of tendinous tissue in these athletes may be at significant risk of compromise if steroids do, in fact, exert a destructive effect.
  • (3) In the course of adaptive changes in these parts certain constructions appear that are oriented transversally to the tendinous fasciculi, but along the pressing vector and having the appearance of basophilic "cross-bars" and oxyphilic "columns".
  • (4) PHS adhäsiva and Frozen Shoulder had an even distribution of affected sides, whereas the right side was favoured from 1.7:1 (PHS calcarea and PHS destructiva) to 3.5:1 (isolated bicipital tendinitis).
  • (5) With age there is a progressive deterioration in the capsulo-tendinous cuff of the shoulder: When rotator cuff lesions are limited (in general to the supra-spinatus), the cuff remains continent and functional, thereby ensuring good centering of the humeral head.
  • (6) Pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) have been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of rotator cuff tendinitis.
  • (7) An important part is played by the tendinous arch in the pathogenesis of neuropathy, regardless of whether it is in association with ganglion, osteochondromatosis or osteoarthritis.
  • (8) The rupture may occur in the tendinous part or cause a fracture of the bone in the region of the insertion.
  • (9) In 57% there was increased signal intensity in the tendon of the rotator cuff; this might have been interpreted as a rupture of the cuff or tendinitis.
  • (10) Causes of shoulder pain include supraspinatus tendinitis (the most common), bicipital tendinitis, impingement syndromes, supraspinatus rupture, subacromial bursitis, arthritis, frozen shoulder, and various conditions that refer pain to the shoulder.
  • (11) The author found that in 6.15% of cases the nervus peroneus communis passes between the tendinous parts of the m. piriformis, and he considers this variation of practical significance for the development of the 'piriformis syndrome'.
  • (12) Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis is a rare hereditary disease, which manifests with tendinous xanthomas, cataracts, dementia and nervous system involvement.
  • (13) The following types were found in this study: Type I-A, consisting of only Cpa supplied by Npc (two cases); Type I-D, consisting of Cpa supplied by Npc and Lpa supplied by Ntd (one case); Type II-B, consisting of the tendinous arch and Lpa supplied by Npc (one case); Type II-D, consisting of the tendinous arch and Lpa supplied by Ntd (one case).
  • (14) Infectious causes of finger pain include cellulitis, tendinitis, paronychia, felon, and infectious emboli, which generally require antibiotics with or without drainage.
  • (15) Pathologic lesions could be grouped as follows: (1) pain without any clinical signs or US findings (tenalgia); (2) nodular tendinitis which in 52% appeared in the form of a tiny hypoechoic lesion in the ventromedial part of the tendon 2-3 cm proximal to the os calcis; (3) peritendinal oedema; (4) circumscribed tendon swelling, (5) extensive inhomogeneities of tendon structure.
  • (16) The model incorporates elastic tendinous tissue in series with muscle fibers.
  • (17) Using this information in our clinical experience, we have developed an exercise program to treat chronic tendinitis.
  • (18) Four patients are presented with acute tendinitis of the longus colli muscle and the classic radiographic findings of soft-tissue swelling and amorphous calcium deposits in the tendon.
  • (19) Tenoxicam administered orally, rectally or parenterally is an effective analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent for the symptomatic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and various rheumatic conditions such as tendinitis, bursitis, sciatica, back pain and gouty arthritis.
  • (20) More detailed analysis revealed that this increased effect was produced by a definitely better therapeutic result in the group of patients with tendinitis treated with non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) while, in the other types of injury, no definite effect could be observed.

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