Editing Tendon (section)

==Other animals==
[[File:Edmontosaurus ossified tendon.JPG|thumb|Ossified tendon from an Edmontosaurus bone bed in Wyoming (Lance Formation)]]
In some organisms, notably [[bird]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Berge JC, Storer RW | title = Intratendinous ossification in birds: A review | journal = Journal of Morphology | volume = 226 | issue = 1 | pages = 47–77 | date = October 1995 | pmid = 29865323 | doi = 10.1002/jmor.1052260105 | s2cid = 46926646 }}</ref> and [[ornithischia]]n [[dinosaur]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Organ CL | title = Biomechanics of ossified tendons in ornithopod dinosaurs | journal = Paleobiology | volume = 32 | pages = 652–665 | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1666/05039.1 | issue = 4| bibcode = 2006Pbio...32..652O | s2cid = 86568665 }}</ref> portions of the tendon can become [[Ossification|ossified]]. In this process, osteocytes infiltrate the tendon and lay down bone as they would in sesamoid bone such as the patella. In birds, tendon ossification primarily occurs in the hindlimb, while in ornithischian dinosaurs, ossified axial muscle tendons form a latticework along the neural and haemal spines on the tail, presumably for support.