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The bones are held together by strong, stretchy bands called ligaments.

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What holds the bones togerther?

Bones are held together by joints and muscles and tissue.


What are bones held together with?

They are held together by ligaments.


Bones held together by cartilage are known as?

cartilaginous joints or synchondrosis joints


Where are bones held together?

Bones are held together by joints, which are formed by connective tissues such as ligaments and cartilage. Ligaments connect bone to bone and provide stability, while cartilage helps cushion the joints and reduce friction during movement.


What bones and joints are connected?

Bones form the frame of the body. They are connected at various types of joints and are held together by connective tissue.


How does the bones of the human hands join together?

The joints between the carpal bones are irregular synovial joints. The bones are held together more firmly by a relatively complex network of ligaments.


What are bones joints and connective tissue?

Bones are hard, dense structures that provide support and protection for the body. Joints are where two or more bones come together and allow for movement. Connective tissue is a type of tissue that holds and connects different body structures together, including bones and joints.


What bones are held together by immovable bones?

The cranial bones e.g. parietal, frontal, temporal and occipital. They are fused together by sutures which do not allow movement and are known as fixed or immovable joints


What type of joints hold together the bones of the skull and sternum?

The joints that hold together the bones of the skull are called sutures, while the joints that hold together the bones of the sternum are called cartilaginous joints.


Hold bones together?

joints. (they JOIN bones together. JOINts join! :P )


What tissue connects bones together?

Different types of joints are held together by different tissues types:Sutures and gomphoses are held together by dense fibrous connective tissue. Synchondroses are held together by hyaline cartilage.Symphyses are held together by fibrocartilage.Diarthroses or synovial joints, the most common type of joints, are held together by ligaments and joint capsules, which are made of dense fibrous connective tissue.


What made bones held together?

Bones are held together by ligaments.