Tendons.
The bones and muscles of the leg work together when the leg moves. The bones give the leg its structure, while the muscles hang onto the bones and allow the leg to actually move. The muscles make their movements via contractions and expansions.
The pelvis connects them.
The tough tissue the connects muscles to bones is called a ligament. This tissue also connects bones to bones and is called a tendon.
joint
With tendons
tendon (fibrous tissue) connects muscles to bones
tendons
The muscles that contract to bring two bones closer together are called flexor muscles. These muscles work by decreasing the angle between the two bones, resulting in movement such as bending the arm or leg.
The muscles and bones of the legs
bones muscles and ligiments
our leg bones and leg muscles
The leg is composed of both muscles and bones.