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A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone that but that functions within the skeletal system is called cartilage. Cartilage can be found at the tip of your nose, or in your outer ear.
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cartilage is the term for the tough supportive tissue that is softer and more flexible than bone,
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∙ 9y agoFor endochondral ossification, bone replaces cartilage.
For intermembraneous ossification, the bone develops from mesenchyme or fibrous connective tissue
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∙ 10y agoA tissue more tough than bones is that found in teeth.
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∙ 13y agoIt is known as cartilage.
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∙ 14y agoI thank cartilage
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∙ 12y agocartilage
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∙ 13y agoLigaments.
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The tough fibrous connective tissue covering of a bone is?
periosteum
What connective tissue surrounds the diaphysis of long bone?
periosteum : tough fibrous connective tissue membrane that covers the outside of the diaphysis. this protects the bone and serves as a point of attachment.
Describe the tissue type and function of a tendon?
Tendons are a type of soft tissue connecting muscle tissue to bone, similar to the ligaments that connect bone to bone. The function of tendons is to transfer force between muscle and bone. This facilitates the joint movement for everyday movements.
What are two kinds of bone tissue?
Two types of bone tissue are compact bone and spongy bone. Compact bone functions as the basic supporting tissue of the body. Spongy bone's function , meanwhile, is to make up most of the short, flat, and irregular bones in your body. It also makes up the ends of long bones.
What is a tough fibrous membrane that covers the shaft of a long bone?
The dense fibrous tissue that covers non articulating surfaces of bone is the periosteum.
What kind of tissue bone?
Bone cells are called osteocytes, and the matrix of the bone is made of calcium salts and collagen. Bone tissue is the major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body.
What is name of the tough connective tissue that connects bone to bone?
ligaments.
Which kinds of tissues make up bones?
Osseous tissue, or bone tissue is the major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body. Osseous tissue forms the rigid part of the bone organs
What is a tough flexible tissue that is similar to bone?
cartilage
What is the name of the tough white tissue that forms new bone tissue?
periosteum
In early development bone tissue is made mostly of?
Cartilage - a softer 'gristle'.
Ligaments are strips of tough tissue that .?
A ligamentis a tough strip of connective tissue that joins one bone to another bone around .Grad Point-Connect Bones To Bones
Is ligament a connective tissue?
ligaments are tough elastic fibres which connect bone to bone.
What in the body is tough elastic tissue?
A ligament is a type of tough elastic tissue. It is white and fibrous and connects one bone to another.
What is the name of the tough tissue that connects muscles to bone?
ligaments
What are tough strands of connective tissue that attachbone to bone?
ligaments
What is a tough layer of connective tissue surrounding a bone?
periosteum
