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Achilles tendon
Achilles tendon, or calcaneal tendon (tendo calcaneus), the thickest tendon, connecting calf muscles to the heel bone; named by Verheyen in 1693; rupture treated operatively or nonoperatively with differing re-rupture and complication rates.
Adam's apple
Adam's apple: the laryngeal prominence of the thyroid cartilage, larger in males (about 90° fusion angle vs 120° in females) after pubertal testosterone growth; reduced surgically by chondrolaryngoplasty.
Cartilage
Cartilage: non-vascular connective tissue of chondrocytes in a collagen and chondroitin sulfate matrix; hyaline, fibrocartilage, and elastic types; cushions joints, heals poorly, repaired by microfracture, ACI, MACI.
Edward H. Frank
Edward H. Frank is an American electrical engineer and technology executive who co-founded Epigram, led Broadcom's early Wi-Fi business, and served as Apple's Vice President of Macintosh Hardware Systems Engineering.
Hyaline cartilage
Hyaline cartilage, also called articular or glassy cartilage, is the most common cartilage type: a type II collagen and aggrecan matrix lining joints, airways, ribs, and the fetal bone model.
Tendon
Tendon (sinew): fibrous connective tissue linking muscle to bone, mainly type I collagen (65-80% dry mass), with tenocytes, hierarchical bundles, energy-storing vs positional types, slow healing, and age-related stiffening.