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Tendons connect muscle to bone. Ligaments connect bones to other bones.
Both are types of connective tissue. Tendons are extensions of the fibrous tissue between the muscle bundles. Ligaments are made mostly of collagen fibers, giving them a little more flexibility that tendons.
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What joins the skeletal muscle to the bone?
Tendons are type of dense regular connective tissue that is continuous with the fascia associated with muscle tissue (endomysium, perimysium, and epimysium) that connects the skeletal muscle to bone.
Compare a ligament with a tendon?
Ligaments connect a bone to a bone, or part of a bone to part of a bone, meanwhile tendons connect muscle to a bone.
Bone cartilage muscle and nerves are considered?
Bones, cartilage, muscle, and nerves are considered to be connective tissue. Connective tissue is tissue that connects the systems of the body together.
Define the attachment points of muscle to bone?
A tendon connects bone to muscle and a ligament connects bone to bone. The actual point of attachment where a muscle connects to a bone is called the process(n) of the bone.
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 connects muscle to bone?
A tendon connects muscle tissue to bone. tendonsTendons connect muscle to bone.
What connects muscle to muscle and connective tissue to muscle?
Muscle does not connect to muscle. Fascia is a connective tissue that connects muscle to organs. Tendons connect muscle to bone.
What is fibrocartillagenous tissue?
It is connective tissue that connects bone to muscle, or muscle to muscle (i.e.tendons or ligaments, respectively).
Tissue that connects muscle to bone in humans?
Tendons and aponeurosis
What type of Tissue that connects a muscle to a bone is called?
ligament
Name the tissue that connects muscle to bone?
tendon (fibrous tissue) connects muscles to bones
What is the tissue that connects bone and muscle that begins with the letter x?
None
What type of connective tissue connects bone to muscle?
A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones
Which tissue connects the skin to the underlying muscle of the body?
Connective Tissue is the tissue that connects the skin to the muscle.
Is a ligament the same as a joint?
No. A ligament is tissue that connects two bones that form a joint. Remember, a tendon connects muscle to bone while a ligament connects bone to bone.
What do the tendons do for the body?
The tendon, is a cord or an inelastic tissue that connects a muscle to the bone.
What does a tendon connect?
it connects muscle to the bone!
