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What is the tough connective tissue that ties the gastrocnemius muscle to the calcaneus bone?
Achilles tendon
What connective tissue is very strong but pliable?
An example of a tough connective tissue is a tendon.
What type of connective tissue connects the Gastrocnemius to the calcaneous?
This tissue is a tendon. Tendons always connect muscles to bone. Ligaments connect bone to bone. The odd thing, perhaps, is that these are the same tissue. This an example of tissues being labeled according to anatomy.
What are tough strands of connective tissue that attachbone to bone?
ligaments
What is a tough layer of connective tissue surrounding a bone?
periosteum
What type of connective tissue connects bone to muscle?
A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones
Is a cartilage connective tissue?
no, but connective tissue surrounds the cartilage. a connective tissue is more like ligaments and tendons, but not cartilage.
What is the outermost layer tough fibrous connective tissue called in the meninges of the brain?
Collagenous fibers are the tough fibers of connective tissue.
What is name of the tough connective tissue that connects bone to bone?
ligaments.
Tough connective tissue structures that attach bones to bones are called?
ligament
Ligaments are what?
fibrous connective tissue that holds joints together
The tough fibrous connective tissue covering of a bone is?
The periosteum is the tough fibrous connective tissue covering of a bone that helps protect and nourish the bone. It also plays a role in bone repair following injury.
