A tendon is a type of body tissue that connects muscle to bone. If a tendon becomes inflamed — painful and swollen — the condition is called tendonitis. In your hands, there are so-called extensor ...

Hi Karrianne, this sounds like a muscle that lifts up your big toe (and also lifts your foot up at the ankle joint to a lesser extent) – the muscle extensor hallucis longus (EHL). It may be ...

Superior extensor retinaculum The extensor retinaculum refers to the set of ligaments inside the ankle that connect the tibia and fibula, which are the bones of the lower leg. The Achilles tendon and ...