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Does a ligament attach bone to bone?

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Ligaments are fibrous bands or sheets of connective tissue linking two or more bones, cartilages, or structures together. They are not bones.

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yes a ligament joins bone to bone and a tendon joins bone to muscle

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The joint capsule is reinforced by extracapsular ligaments. The tibial ligament (medial) runs from the medial epicondyle of the.

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Yes, they do.

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