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One of the longest tendons in the body, a tough sinew that attaches the calf muscle to the back of the heel bone (calcaneus).

The soft tissue by which muscle attaches to bone. Tendons are somewhat flexible, but tough. When a tendon becomes inflamed, the condition is referred to as tendonitis.

The joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the temporal bone of the skull. It is one of the most frequently used joints in the entire body, moving whenever a person eats, drinks, or talks.

A form of joint disease in children whose systemic signs and symptoms include high intermittent fever, a salmon-colored skin rash, swollen lymph glands, enlargement of the liver and spleen, inflammati

See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid.

Inflammation of the synovial membrane, the lining of the joints.

The lining of the joints, normally only one or two cell layers thick, that is responsible for the production of the joint fluid. Also known as synovium.

The slippery fluid that lubricates joints. Also known as synovia.

The joint fluid.

The yeast Candida has been thought to cause a syndrome with a number of nonspecific problems including fatigue, loss of appetite, headache, short-attention span, depression and all manner of intestina