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Connecting the Calf Muscle to the Heel Bone: Achilles Tendon

Yasuhiro Shirai

The Achilles tendon connects the calf muscles to the heel bone (calcaneus) which is also known to be calcaneal tendon. The largest and the strongest tendon in the human body is said to be Achilles tendon which gets pulled due to any muscles flexing of the calf muscles. The movements such as walking, jumping and running occur due to the stretching and relaxing of the Achilles tendon. However, being a strongest tendon of the body they are more prone to get injured easily and because of its limited blood supply they can have the ability to make the injury more severe.