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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Illustration of a typical enthesis The left panel is a an artist's rendering of a sagital section through the area where the achilles tendon attaches to the calcaneus. The transition from tendon to enthesial fibrocartilage to calcified fibrocartilage and finally bone is indicated. Right panel: right ankle and foot. TEN: Achilles tendon; CAL: calcaneus; EF: enthesial fibrocartilage; SF: sesamoid fibrocartilage; PF: periosteal fibrocartilage; RB: retrocalcaneal bursa; UF: uncalcified fibrocartilage; CF: calcified fibrocartilage; T: Tidemark. Reproduced with permission from: Wagget, AD, Ralphs, JR, Kwan, AP, et al. Characterization of collagens and proteoglycans at the intersection of the human achilles tendon. Matrix Biol 1998; 16:457. Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Science.