EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A ligament is a fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone, and usually serves to hold structures together and keep them stable.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ligaments often connect two bones together, particularly in the joints: Like strong, firmly attached straps or ropes, they stabilize the joint or hold the ends of two bones together. This ensures that the bones in the joint don’t twist too much or move too far apart and become dislocated.

Detailed explanation-3: -A ligament is a fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones. They are elastic with a poor blood supply.

Detailed explanation-4: -At fibrous entheses, the tendon or ligament attaches either directly to the bone or indirectly to it via the periosteum. In both cases, dense fibrous connective tissue connects the tendon/ligament to the periosteum and there is no evidence of (fibro)cartilage differentiation (Fig. 1a, b).

Detailed explanation-5: -Ligaments connect the ends of bones together to form a joint. Tendon: A tough, flexible band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones. Joints: Structures that connect individual bones and may allow bones to move against each other to cause movement.