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What holds bones together at joints?

If you are asking what holds bones together at the joints, it is the tough fibrous band of connective tissue called Ligaments. Ligaments are composed of dense bundles of fibers and spindle-shaped cells (fibroblasts and fibrocytes), with little ground substance. White ligament is rich in sturdy, inelastic collagen fibers, yellow ligament is more elastic.


Is ligaments a loose connective tissue?

ligaments are tough elastic fibres which connect bone to bone.


What is made of dense regular connective tissue?

Tendons and ligaments are made of dense regular connective tissue. Tendons connect muscles to bones, while ligaments connect bones to other bones, providing strength and stability to joints in the body.


What provides strength in many directions ligaments reticular tissues dense trregular connective tissue or tendons?

Ligaments provide strength in many directions by connecting bones and stabilizing joints. They are made of dense regular connective tissue, which allows them to resist forces pulling in multiple directions. Tendons, on the other hand, connect muscle to bone and primarily provide strength in a single direction for movement.


Flexible connective tissue at joints?

cartilage


What is dense connective tissue?

Dense connective tissue is a type of connective tissue composed of closely packed collagen fibers. It provides strength, support, and protection to various structures in the body, such as tendons and ligaments. It has minimal ground substance and fewer cells compared to loose connective tissue.


What body system made up of bones joints and connective tissues?

The skeletal system is made up of bones, joints, and connective tissues.


What is the strong connective tissue in movable joints?

cartilage


What connective tissue bands join the articulating ends of bone?

Ligaments are the connective tissue bands that join the articulating ends of bones, providing stability to joints during movement. They are made up of strong fibers that help to hold bones together and prevent excessive movement.


What is known as fibrous tissue?

The combining form "fasci/o" means "fibrous muscle cover, fascia." The fascia is the soft connective tissue that surrounds and supports the muscles. thanks to northstarlearning.com for the CMA review


What are the connective tissue coverings of a neuron?

The irregular fibrous (dense) connective tissue is covering most of the organs of our body: Fasciae (muscle, tendons, and below the skin), periosteum (bone), deep layer of dermis (our entire body), pericardium (heart and its valves), perichondrium (cartilage), joint capsules (joints), membrane capsules of liver, kidney, and lymph nodes, tunica albuginea (testicle), etcetera.


What type of connective tissue holds joints together?

cartilage