myotendinous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

myo- +‎ tendinous

Adjective[edit]

myotendinous (not comparable)

  1. relating to, or connecting a muscle and a tendon
    • 2015 August 1, “Cis-Acting Sequence Elements and Upstream Open Reading Frame in Mouse Utrophin-A 5'-UTR Repress Cap-Dependent Translation”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The chromosome 6 encoded utrophin structurally and functionally resembles dystrophin, although utrophin expression is reduced postnatally and confined preferentially at neuromuscular and myotendinous junctions in adult mice [3 –7 ].