Sentence:  It is as follows : `` The usual sensitivity tests showed that the specific qualities of skin-perceptiveness ( pressure , pain , temperature ) , as well as the kinesthetic sensations ( muscular feelings , feelings in the <WSD>tendons</WSD> and joints ) , were , as such , essentially intact , although they seemed , in comparison with normal reactions , to be somewhat diminished over the entire body . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment