ligaments are connective tissues that hold one bone to another in the joint. from your elbow to your leg, anything in your body that is connected to your bone by a joint is a ligamentte
ligaments are located where there are joints in the body, ligaments reduce friction between the bones, making it easier for our joints to move. you can also get different types of ligament e.g blue, white fibro, etc :P
how many ligaments in the body
what happens if our body had no ligaments
Ankles, knees, and wrists (also the parts of the body most prone to sprains, BECAUSE of the fact that they have so many ligaments!) :)
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Ligaments
Because the ligaments keep the bones together and the tendons hold the muscles together.
In your body
Bones are held together by ligaments.
ligaments work with the skeletal and the muscular systems of the body
900 (:
There are 900 (:
There are over 900 ligaments in the human body. Ligaments connect bones to other bones and provide support to joins and various internal organs. They are made up of tough bands of tissue mostly consisting of collagen. Of the 900 ligaments, 600 are located in a human's extremities (the arms and legs) with 30 in the leg, 10 in the knee joint, 30 in the sole of the foot, and 6 in the toe. There are 70 ligaments from the neck up, 230 in the trunk, 40 in the abdomen, 10 in the pelvic area.
ligamentsTendons are the tissues that hold bones together. Ligaments hold muscles to bones.