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Muscles are connected to bones by strong connective tissue called ligaments.

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What iat connects muscles to the bones the name of the tough tissiue th?

The tough tissue the connects muscles to bones is called a ligament. This tissue also connects bones to bones and is called a tendon.


What tissue joints muscles to bones?

Connective tissues called tendons connect muscles to bones.


What strong connective tissue that attaches muscles to bone is an?

Tendons attach muscles to bones. The very same tissue attaches bone to bones and they are called ligaments.


What strong connective tissue that connects bones to bones?

Tendons attach muscles to bones. The very same tissue attaches bone to bones and they are called ligaments.


Name the tissue that connects muscle to bone?

tendon (fibrous tissue) connects muscles to bones


What do you call the thick bands that pull on bones as a muscle contracts?

Those are called tendons. Tendons are tough bands of tissue that connect muscles to bones, allowing the muscles to pull on the bones and create movement.


What tissue attaches the bones to the muscles?

tendons


Do muscles attach to anything?

Muscles are attached to tendons ( a dense connective tissue) which are then attached to Bones. Muscles -> Tendons -> Bones


How are skeletal muscles connected to the bones they move?

Muscles are joined to bones they move by connective tissue and tendons.


Does connective tissue connect tissue?

Connective tissue connects tissues to tissue. A good example is muscle (a tissue) connecting to bone (a tissue). The tissue that does THIS is called a tendon. A tendon connects muscles to bones.


What attaches bones to bones and joints to bones?

Ligaments, tendons, muscles, fascia, cartilage and skin all play a part in securing bones to bones and muscles to bones. However, most bones are connected to other bones by ligaments, and muscles are connected to bones by tendons.Ligament attaches bones to bones. Tendon attaches muscle to bones.


What are the similarities and the differences between ligament and tendon?

They both are made of the same tissue called connective tissue which is very strong. They have different names because of where the are and what they do. Tendons connect muscles to bones and ligaments connect bones to bones.