Achilles tendon

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000044

Tendon that connects the muscles in the back of the calf to the heel bone.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-AGR-000044
Field	Agriculture and food
Subject	Animals, Livestock, One Health
Synonyms	calcaneal tendon; tendo calcaneus
References	Medical Subject Headings 2018; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See also	Tendons; Feet; Legs; Fibula
Translations	Spanish: tendón de Aquiles

Record as JSON

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000044",
  "term": "Achilles tendon",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Tendon that connects the muscles in the back of the calf to the heel bone.",
  "synonyms": [
    "calcaneal tendon",
    "tendo calcaneus"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "tendons",
    "feet",
    "legs",
    "fibula"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2018",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "tendón de Aquiles"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/achilles-tendon/"
}

Record 44 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.