0
An articulation in which the bones are united by a thin layer of fibrous tissue is known as?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
symphisis
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What bone regions are united by fibrous connective tissue?
There is no fibrous connective tissue in bone, but there is dense irregular tissue known as periosteum that covers bones (all except the articulating surfaces) and provides attachment sites for tendons and ligaments.
What is the fibrous connective tissue the holds bones in a joint together?
Ligaments are the fibrous connective tissue that holds bones in a joint together.
What tissue makes up bones tendons and ligaments?
dense fibrous connective tissue
What is the fibrous elastic tissue that lies between each of the bones of the spine?
Intervertebral discs are the fibrous, elastic tissue that lie between each of the bones in the spine. They function as shock absorbers.
On the basis of structural classification which joint is fibrous connective tissue?
Ligaments are the fibrous connective tissue that holds bones in a joint together.
What type of tissue connects muscle to bones?
A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones
What do you call the fibrous tissue that hold bones together at the joints?
ligament
What is the name of the dense fibrous connective tissue that provides the outer coating of bones?
Periosteum
What type of joint is held together by connective tissue strands?
Fibrous joints are connected by collagen fibers. There are three types of fibrous joints in the human body: sutures between the skull bones, syndesmoses (distal articulation of tibia and fibula) and gomphoses (articulations of teeth in jaw bones). The only gomphoses in the human body are the attachment of the roots of the teeth in the sockets of the alveolar processes of the lower-jaw (mandible) and upper-jaw (maxillae).
Ligaments are what?
fibrous connective tissue that holds joints together
What type of connective tissue connects bone to muscle?
A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones
What is a suture in the brain?
A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. OR thread-like material used to sew tissue together.
