part of attached to adult leg muscle tendon cell femoral pretarsal depressor muscle cell tibial pretarsal depressor muscle cell thoracic long tendon cell 2021-05-06T12:18:45Z Cell that forms a tendon that originates in the proximal femur and extends to the pretarsus. The pretarsal depressor muscles in the femur and the tibia act on this tendon to retract the claws (Chapman, 1998; Soler et al., 2004). fly_anatomy.ontology FBbt:00058136 femoral pretarsal depressor muscle tibial pretarsal depressor muscle