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A syndesmosis is a type of articulation, or joint, in which two adjacent bones are joined by an interosseous membrane.
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Is a ligament the same as a joint?
No. A ligament is tissue that connects two bones that form a joint. Remember, a tendon connects muscle to bone while a ligament connects bone to bone.
What is the purpose of ligaments?
the Ligament attaches bone to bone and the tendon attaches bone to muscles...my science book says that "cartilage and ligaments allow joints to move and keep bones together."
Where is the fibrous connective tissue that holds bones in a joint together.?
Bone to bone connections occur by way of ligaments, whereas bone to muscle connections occur by way of tendons.
How do ligaments protect joints?
A ligament is a special type of fibrous tissue that connects one bone to another bone.
What is the acromiocoracoid ligament?
It is from the acromion to the corocoid process. Both features of the scapula bone.
What connected a bone to a bone?
a ligament connects two bones together
Do ligaments attach muscles to bone?
I do not think a ligament is a muscle. A ligament is what binds two bones together. That is basically what i know
What connects bone and muscles together?
Tendons (muscle to bone)Ligament (bone to bone)
What is mild ligament thinning?
You ligament is elastic tissue that attaches one bone to another. The ligament over time can lose its elasticity and can become thin causing bone to rub together and cause pain.
What joins bones to bones?
A Ligament or sometimes a Joint or a tendon Attaches a Bone to another Bone. A Tendon attaches a Bone to a Muscle.
What ligament connects the hyoid bone to the temporal bone?
stylohyoid ligament
What is interosseous lipomas?
The Xray reveals that you have a benign fatty tumor in a bone... inter (inside) osseous (bone)
Attach bone to bone?
Joints connect bones to other bones
Distinguish between tendons and ligament?
Tendons join muscles to bones in the body, whereas ligaments join bones to each other. The term ligament is also used loosely in medical anatomy to mean various types of suspensory structures, such as the broad ligament of the uterus which isn't really a ligament at all, rather a double-fold of the peritoneum.
Is ligament the mart of a muscle that attches the muscle to bone?
Ligament attaches bone to bone tendon attaches muscle to bone
Does a ligament attach bone to bone?
Ligaments are fibrous bands or sheets of connective tissue linking two or more bones, cartilages, or structures together. They are not bones.
Is a ligament the same as a joint?
No. A ligament is tissue that connects two bones that form a joint. Remember, a tendon connects muscle to bone while a ligament connects bone to bone.
