The name is an abbreviation of 'pes anserine' or 'goose foot' because the combined tendon attachment splays out like a goose foot. Between the tibia and the attachment of the pes tendons is a bursa, which may become inflamed (particularly in swimmers). The one tendon - semitendinosus - is a hamstrings tendon, while the sartorius and gracilis are not.
The name is an abbreviation of 'pes anserine' or 'goose foot' because the combined tendon attachment splays out like a goose foot. Between the tibia and the attachment of the pes tendons is a bursa, which may become inflamed (particularly in swimmers). The one tendon - semitendinosus - is a hamstrings tendon, while the sartorius and gracilis are not.
Harvesting tendons for cruciate ligament reconstruction
In the procedure of hamstrings harvest, the surgeon strips the tendons of semitendinosus (which is one of the hamstrings) and gracilis (which is actually not a hamstring) and combines them to make a quadrupled graft the reconstruct a torn cruciate ligament.